Judge blocks Tyler Robinson hearing exhibits from broadcast after confession letter error

Published July 10, 2026 4:01pm ET | Updated July 10, 2026 4:01pm ET



A Utah judge began the final day of a slate of preliminary hearings in the Charlie Kirk murder case on Friday by barring reporters from showing exhibits presented in court, after a damning letter allegedly written by Tyler Robinson was errantly broadcast on Thursday.

Robinson faces charges in the Sept. 10, 2025, killing of Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University, and Judge Tony Graf is set to determine whether prosecutors have shown enough evidence to go to trial after the weeklong preliminary hearing concludes.

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