Where this was said
Michael Burt's Attack on Erica Kirk — and Jeff Nyman's Rebuttal
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As the hearing moved into arguments about whether the Kirk family could see the enhanced 'John Madden style' surveillance video, defense attorney Michael Burt turned his argument into a personal attack on Erica Kirk, accusing her of holding press conferences to reveal evidence and of treating the state's prosecutors as her private legal team. Neither claim was true. Graham Allen, in the courtroom, describes his shock at the moment, noting that the courtroom audience had been repeatedly warned about decorum while Burt was allowed to take 'multiple personal shots' at the victim's widow. Clip 34 shows Jeff Nyman's calm but pointed rebuttal, directly correcting each misrepresentation and reframing the request as simply allowing a family to see evidence gathered in the ten-month investigation into the assassination of a father and husband. The judge, despite imploring everyone to be brief, listened and ultimately granted the family's request to view the video. [1] — Jeff Nyman "Kirk family attorney Jeff Nyman responded directly after Michael Burt's attack, telling the judge that the family has not seen the video, d…" 17:01
Graham Allen, seated in the courtroom, observed that Tyler Robinson's family was visibly distraught throughout Day 4 — but crucially, the emotion did not read as outrage at an unfair process. It read, Allen said, as the grief of a family who can't believe what their son did.
Kirk family attorney Jeff Nyman responded directly after Michael Burt's attack, telling the judge that the family has not seen the video, does not have access to state evidence, and that what Burt said was a complete distortion of reality. He kept it brief — unlike the judge who implored brevity and then spoke longer.
