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Defendant in Charlie Kirk's killing asks judge to disqualify prosecutors

(17 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: POOL Provo, Utah - 16 January 2026 1. Wide of the court with attorneys, members of the media and law enforcement 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Novak, defense attorney: "And so we're very concerned that even going forward with an evidentiary hearing where members of the Utah County Attorney's Office are both litigating as representatives of the state in a prosecution and essentially defending their own propriety of proceeding in this prosecution is problematic." ++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 1++ 3. Tyler Robinson with his attorneys 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Gray, Utah County Attorney: "So, I just think this is ambush and another stalling tactic to delay these proceedings. There's no reason that they could not have at least filed the motion and asked for - asked for time to brief it." 5. Tyler Robinson with his attorneys STORYLINE: The Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday, as his attorneys sought to disqualify prosecutors because the daughter of a deputy county attorney involved in the case attended the rally where Kirk was shot. Defense attorneys say the relationship represents a conflict of interest after prosecutors said they intend to seek the death penalty against Tyler Robinson for aggravated murder. Robinson, 22, has pleaded not guilty in the Sept. 10 shooting of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, just a few miles north of the Provo courthouse. The prosecutor’s daughter, 18, who attended the event where Kirk was shot, later texted with her father in the Utah County Attorney’s Office to describe the chaotic events around the shooting, according to court filings and testimony. Defense attorney Richard Novak urged Judge Tony Graf on Friday to bring in the state attorney general’s office in place of Utah County prosecutors to address the conflict of interest. Novak said it was problematic for county prosecutors to litigate on behalf of the state while defending their aptness to remain on the case. Utah County Attorney Richard Gray replied that Novak’s last-minute request was aimed at delaying the case against Robinson. “This is ambush and another stalling tactic to delay these proceedings,” Gray said. Several thousand people attended the outdoor rally where Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA who helped mobilize young people to vote for President Donald Trump, was shot as he took questions from the audience. The daughter of the deputy county attorney did not see the shooting, according to an affidavit submitted by prosecutors. “While the second person in line was speaking with Charlie, I was looking around the crowd when I heard a loud sound, like a pop. Someone yelled, ‘he’s been shot,’ ” she stated in the affidavit. The child, a student at Utah Valley University, later texted a family group chat to say “CHARLIE GOT SHOT.” In the aftermath of the shooting, she did not miss classes or other activities, and reported no lasting trauma “aside from being scared at the time,” the affidavit said. Prosecutors have asked Judge Graf to deny the disqualification request. “Under these circumstances, there is virtually no risk, let alone a significant risk, that it would arouse such emotions in any father-prosecutor as to render him unable to fairly prosecute the case,” county attorney Gray said in a filing. Gray also said the child was “neither a material witness nor a victim in the case” and that “nearly everything” the person knows about the actual homicide is mere hearsay. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...