Newly revealed court documents in the prosecution of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating conservative icon Charlie Kirk, have exposed a potential conflict of interest within the Utah County Attorney’s Office.
Defense attorneys are pushing to boot the entire prosecution team, citing personal ties to the crime scene.
Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed on September 10 while addressing a massive crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University during his “American Comeback Tour.”
The conflict centers on an unnamed prosecutor whose family member, a student, was present at the event, just 85 feet from Kirk when he was killed.
According to court filings, which were made in October but just released to the public on Monday, the relative texted the prosecutor in a group chat amid the pandemonium, “SOMEONE GOT SHOT,” followed by, “I’m okay, everyone is inside.”
The prosecutor immediately shared these messages with Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray while both were attending a separate presentation.
Later, the prosecutor and an investigator visited the campus to pinpoint the relative’s exact location and learned that the family member had abandoned their backpack while fleeing the scene.
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