A shocking twist has emerged in the case surrounding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — and it could change everything. According to Utah legal experts, a key vulnerability in the prosecution’s case against Tyler Robinson may lie in the timeline of events leading up to and after Kirk’s death.
Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on September 10 while addressing a packed crowd at Utah Valley University. The tragedy sent shockwaves through the nation, but now, defense lawyers are quietly suggesting that inconsistencies in evidence handling could delay — or even derail — the prosecution’s case.
“There’s just so much we don’t know yet as this case develops,” said defense attorney Skye Lazaro of Salt Lake City’s Ray Quinney & Nebeker firm, speaking to Fox News. Lazaro hinted that the defense is likely to stretch out the discovery process for months, perhaps up to a year, before any preliminary hearing is held.
Robinson’s legal team has already moved to postpone his waiver hearing by a month, citing insufficient disclosures from prosecutors. Meanwhile, early filings from law enforcement — including text messages between Robinson and his partner, Lance Twiggs — have raised more questions than answers. The texts allegedly contain a confession from Robinson, but notably, lack timestamps.
“If it doesn’t line up in a way that makes sense, it could definitely be bad for them,” Lazaro warned. The timeline, she explained, will be a central issue — particularly since Robinson reportedly returned to the scene before his arrest, where police later recovered the suspected murder weapon.
Authorities confirmed that Robinson briefly interacted with a police officer near the crime scene — but investigators have not yet clarified whether that encounter was recorded on the officer’s body camera. If not, it could provide the defense with leverage to challenge parts of the state’s narrative.
“If that footage doesn’t exist or was never turned on, it opens the door for doubt,” Lazaro added.
Legal analysts say the defense may focus heavily on digital evidence, especially phone records and message origins. “A lot of times what you can get when you subpoena cellphone records are where messages were sent from,” Lazaro explained. If those messages came from Robinson’s phone in Orem and reached Twiggs in St. George, it could either strengthen or shatter the prosecution’s claims.
For now, Twiggs is said to be cooperating with investigators, but as Lazaro cautioned, “It could come out that those aren’t as damaging as they sound.” She reminded viewers that early probable cause affidavits often highlight only the “greatest hits” of what prosecutors believe they can prove — not necessarily the full truth.
As the nation watches this case unfold, one thing is clear — the legal battle over Charlie Kirk’s killing is far from over, and the next phase could expose serious flaws in the system itself.
