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Charlie Kirk Murder Case: Preliminary Hearing Begins

At 3:34 · chapter starts 2:14

Ten months after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the preliminary hearing that will determine whether Tyler Robinson faces trial has finally arrived. Family lawyer Jeffrey Neiman made an emotional argument to the judge: the Kirk family has a right to be present and to see and feel the weight of the evidence. But the proceeding is already contested — Robinson's defense attorneys sought to keep out of public view a recorded interview with Robinson's former cellmate and romantic partner, who stated that Robinson told him he wished he had not done it. The defense's suppression bid introduces an early tension into what promises to be a high-profile case. Robinson has not yet entered a plea, leaving every detail of the prosecution's evidence still to be revealed in open court.

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