LIVE UPDATES: Roommate interview expected to be shown on day 4 of Tyler Robinson hearing in Charlie Kirk’s murder case

Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing is underway this week in Provo, Utah. Robinson faces 10 charges, including aggravated murder, in connection to the death of Charlie Kirk. During a preliminary hearing, a judge will decide if there is sufficient probable cause to go to trial on the charges levied against a defendant.

5:29 p.m. Court is in recess until 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.

5:27 a.m. Judge Graf is ruling on the Kirk family’s request to see the unaltered version of a video admitted into evidence. He says it will be played in open court, but it will not be televised.

5:23 p.m. The prosecution says they need two weeks from Tuesday to file their brief, which would be July 28. The defense says they will have their brief in two weeks after that, by August 11. For a reply, the state says they could have it in by August 18. Oral argument will be September 1 at 10 a.m.

5:21 p.m. The Kirk family attorney says they want the matter to be set for trial as soon as possible, but they don’t want to take a position on the briefing. Judge Graf is granting the request for the briefing as it relates to probable cause to allow both parties to file their briefs.

5:19 p.m. The state says if the court wants briefing, they would need six weeks to prepare their closing argument. Judge Graf asks if Robinson would waive his right to a speedy trial, and the defense says yes.

5:16 p.m. The defense asks to do a briefing before their closing argument. They say it will take less than half a day, maybe 2 hours for argument. The state asks that they do oral arguments tomorrow.

5:14 p.m. Back in court, the prosecution says they will not need a lot of time for to finish their arguments, and assumes the same from the defense.

5:09 p.m. Burt is done with his line of questioning. McBride is doing more redirect. He asks Carner if her science is widely accepted and viewed favorably, she says yes. McBride is done with questioning and Carner is excused from the stand.

5:03 p.m. Burt is asking about the verification reviewers’ work and why they don’t have any “work product.”The prosecution objects, but it is overruled.

5 p.m. Burt is questioning her about why she did not mention this before and Burt asks “Do you think science works best when it works in secret?” McBride objects and the judge sustains it, saying the phrasing is argumentative.

4:58 p.m. McBride is done with his cross examination. Burt is back to questioning, asking Carner if her work is peer-reviewed. She says it is a verification process.

4:52 p.m. McBride is questioning Carner about how she conducts test fires. She says she fires the bullets into a water recovery tank to minimize the damage to the bullet.

4:48 p.m. Carner says she is now an instructor in multiple modules for her field. She says this is an area of science that is continuing to advance.

4:44 p.m. Burt is done with his questioning, and McBride is starting his cross-examination. He asks Carner if she had seen the last three pictures she was shown from a study. She says yes, in 2024. Reiterating her background, Carner says she has worked for ATF for 6 years. She used to be a latent print technician and a crime scene investigator.

4:40 p.m. The prosecution asks for the last 20 minutes to be used for him to cross examine Carner. Burt says he is almost done with his questioning.

4:38 p.m. Burt asks if Carner has only taken one bullet proficiency test in 2023, and she says yes. Burt is questioning her answers on the test she took from 2023.

4:35 p.m. Judge Graf overrules the objection but asks Burt to move on from this line of questioning about the criticisms of the theory of identification.

4:32 p.m. The prosecution has objected again based on the questioning being beyond the scope of what is necessary. The judge asks Burt to stop going so deep as he cites research from 2009. “I feel like we are exiting the orbit of probable cause,” says Judge Graf.

4:31 p.m. Burt asks if Carner is aware of criticisms that have been levels against the theory of identification she uses. She says yes, and there are recommendations on how to improve them.

4:27 p.m. We are seeing more photos of bullet fragment testing. Carner says there are more lacks of microscopic marks of value. It is incredibly hard to understand, lots of firearm jargon and uncommon vocabulary.

4:24 p.m. We see a photo of two separate test fires from the same gun. Carner says she sees areas of agreement in both impressions.

4:20 p.m. Burt is reading what “inconclusive” means, based on Carner’s report. Carner says she found some inconclusive conclusions in her examination of the tool marks on the bullet fragments. She says she cannot conclusively say that the bullet fragments came from Robinson’s firearm.

4:15 p.m. Burt asks if Carner’s profession can require her to use her opinion. She says yes. McBride objects to the line of questioning due to it being beyond the scope of a preliminary hearing because it’s asking the Judge to weigh the evidence. Judge Graf overrules the objection, but tells Burt that he might be going “100 miles past where probable cause might be at one mile”.

4:08 p.m. The language in the exhibit of the theory is not the same that the witness is used to, so prosecutors are objecting to the exhibit. Judge Graf is allowing it because Carner says she recognizes most of it, and was able to compare it to the one she knows.

4:03 p.m. Burt is showing Carner a theory of identification that her profession uses. The prosecution says they have never seen it, so they are questioning Carner about it. They object to lack of foundation.

3:58 p.m. Again, lots of technical talk about bullet fragment testing and subclass characteristics. Carner says she found dust inside the barrel, but she can’t say why it was there.

3:52 p.m. Carner says the bullets could’ve been used in a range of .30 caliber firearms.

3:48 p.m. We now see two pictures of the bullet fragments after Carner peeled the petals back. Lots of discussion about bullet fragments and all of the information that testing them can give you such as what type of gun they came from, range, etc.

3:45 p.m. We are now seeing photos of the interior and exterior of the bullet jacket fragments. Carner says she cleaned them and peeled the petals back so she could see the inside.

3:43 p.m. Carner says there was a discrepancy between what she was examining, and how many bullet fragments were actually found. There were originally 7, and she had only four. Carner says a few months ago, she was told there were originally 7 in a photo, but she only got 4 to examine.

3:38 p.m. Burt asks to admit Carner’s 46 page report. The prosecution objects, saying it is too long and includes notes that have no context. Judge Graf overrules the objection and allows the report.

3:35 p.m. Burt is asking Carner about the language and policies inside her report about the cartridges. This section of the testimony is very technical.

3:33 p.m. The defense has called Samantha Carner to the stand. She is a firearm and tool mark examiner in Washington for ATF.

3:27 p.m. Judge Graf says he will not change his ruling but may reconsider in the future, due to the essence of time.

3:26 p.m. Judge Graf says he doesn’t want this to be a “back and forth” that goes beyond probable cause. The Kirk family’s attorney says Burt’s claims are untrue about who their lawyers are. “A father, a husband, was assassinated.” He says seeing further video evidence would help the family to process the incident.

3:24 p.m. He says Erika Kirk has been revealing evidence at press conferences, and calling the state “her attorneys”, indicating that she could leave the courtroom and tell the world about the evidence she saw that the cameras did not.

3:23 p.m. Prosecutor Gurnander says they do not oppose publishing the evidence to just the courtroom, not the cameras. Defense attorney Burt says he asks the court to “keep focus on the purpose of the hearing” and to not allow anymore evidence to be published to the courtroom beyond what already has.

3:22 p.m. The Kirk family’s attorney is asking that the family be asked to see all evidence, even the evidence that was not published to the cameras. He says there are concerns about proper jury selection.

3:19 p.m. The prosecutor asks if she was aware of anything Robinson received or sent in the jail that was important to the case. She says no and is excused. The state rests, and the camera is pointed at the seal with no audio as the court discusses something with the attorneys.

3:11 p.m. Burt asks Faumuina if she remembers that she stopped a lab report on the clothing because she determined that they weren’t part of the case. She says she remembers stopping it, but not for that reason. Burt is asking very specific questions about who picked up the towel and gun out of the bushes in the wooden area.

3:08 p.m. Back on the record, Michael Burt is now cross examining Faumuina. Faumuina says investigators found a backpack, a jacket and gloves, and seized them at the crime scene.

2:50 p.m. We are now seeing the video. It is from very far away, across the parking lot, but a person is seen running on top of a parking lot before jumping down in front of some windows and landing on the ground. Faumuina says the suspect did not touch the window. Court is now taking a ten minute break.

2:48 p.m. Prosecutors say the video is only ten seconds long, and asks that it be shown to the camera. Defense attorney Michael Burt objects, saying he doesn’t think it’s relevant. Prosecutor Ryan McBride says it will be to show the suspect putting their hands on the window where investigators found handprints.

2:46 p.m. The prosecutors are asking to show the UVU surveillance video. Only Faumuina is being shown the video right now.

2:43 p.m. We are now hearing about another ATF report, comparing tool marks on the fired cartridges. We can see the report on the screen. Faumuina says testing found that the cartridges are likely to have been engraved as well.

2:40 p.m. Faumuina is being shown a biology report (DNA testing) on the Dremel tool, a bits container, and the cartridges found in Tyler’s bedroom. The report says it is highly likely that the DNA found on these items were from Robinson.

2:36 p.m. Faumuina says the cartridge case and cartridges were found to have been engraved with a Dremel at some point. We are now hearing about a bullet fragment that was taken from Kirk’s body, but we are not seeing it. The report says the fragments cannot be excluded as having been shot from the gun found in the woods.

2:34 p.m. On the screen is a photo of an ATF report in relation to the cartridge/cases and fragments from the bullets recovered from Kirk’s body at the autopsy, according to Faumina.

2:28 p.m. Faumuina says the report found that it is extremely likely that the DNA found on multiple parts of the rifle was Robinson’s.

2:25 p.m. Faumuina says she also collected Robinson’s car at his parents home, a gray Dodge Challenger. We are now seeing a photo of a laboratory report for the DNA from multiple items of evidence. The report is unreadable on the screen due to low quality.

2:19 p.m. They are now showing a photo of a note taken from Twiggs’ phone, next to a photo of the burnt note. We cannot see this, because the note is not allowed to be seen by the camera, but it was briefly seen by accident.

2:15 p.m. A burned note was found in a trash can in a kitchen, according to Faumuina. She says the note was collected and sent to the FBI for analysis. We are now seeing the note on the screen. It is mainly charred and it is upside down. No words can be easily read.

2:11 p.m. Faumuina says they did not find any weapons matching the bullets in the house. In the closet they found shooting targets with perforations on it, and they also found a Dremel tool that can be used to engrave things. On the screen, we are seeing photos of three shooting targets with holes in them.

2:08 p.m. Faumuina is now describing the clothes that were found by investigators, along with a box of ammunition. She says in Robinson’s apartment, he found bullets in what is believed to be his bedroom. One of the bullets had “test shot” engraved on it.

2:04 p.m. On another bullet is an engraving that says “Hey fascist” then “catch”, then an up arrow, a right arrow, a down arrow, and another down arrow. Another bullet reads, “O bella ciao, ciaa, ciao” and another bullet reads “if you read, this, you are gay LMAO”

2:01 p.m. We are now seeing the cartridge case that was recovered from the gun in the chamber. Engraved on it says “Notices bulge” on one side, “owo what’s” on another, and “this?” on the other side.

1:58 p.m. Faumuina says officers found one cartridge cases (empty casing from a fired round) and three cartridges (unfired round) with engravings on them.

1:55 p.m. On the screen, we are now seeing photos of the bushes where the towel and rifle were found. We then see a photo of a black towel around a gun, according to Faumuina, sitting on top of a cardboard box, then a photo of just the rifle in a cardboard box.

1:50 p.m. Faumuina is being asked to point out different areas of the campus on the map. In the wooden area, Faumuina says investigators found a rifle wrapped in a dark towel. She says the wooden area was searched because UVU security footage had captured a suspect on the rooftop running into the wooden area.

1:46 p.m. In the courtyard, Faumuina says there were five or six steps covered in grass, with personal belongings spread throughout. there was a tent and banners, along with barriers. We are now seeing an aerial photo of the UVU campus.

1:43 p.m. According to Faumuina, from the shooter’s perch to the tent where Kirk was seated, was 415 feet. From the roof to the ground, there was a 68 foot drop. Investigators also found latent prints and a palm print on a window below the shooter’s perch.

1:42 p.m. Faumuina says she and others processed the scene, including the courtyard where Kirk was killed, the Fulton library, the wooded area, and another campus building. On the rooftop, Faumuina says a screwdriver, a perch, disturbances in the gravel, and swipes on the ledge, were found on the rooftop.

1:38 p.m. Faumuina says she was assigned to go to UVU on Sept. 10 around 1:30 p.m. She says she saw multiple police cars and officers from various agencies. She was asked to respond to the command post.

1:35 p.m. Court is back in session. The state has called Sergeant Jennifer Faumuina to the stand. She testified a few days ago as well.

1:30 p.m. Kaitlyn Hart here, taking over the live updates this afternoon! Court is expected to be back from lunch any minute now.

12:22 p.m. Hunt asks Davis if he recognizes Robinson in the courtroom today. Davis says he’s sitting at the defendant’s table wearing a gray coat and tie. Prosecution is done with questioning. Defense says they have no cross-examination for Davis. We are breaking for lunch until 1:30 p.m.

12:17 p.m. Audio is back. Graf is discussing an exhibit that defense objected to, but judge is allowing it in and we can see it on the screen. It’s a notarized document on Utah County Attorney’s Office stationery. Hunt now asks about texts between Twiggs and Robinson. The last message from Robinson to Twiggs says, “If any police ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and stay silent. My lawyer should be Doug Terry. I’ll make sure he reaches out to you and police follow.”

12:06 p.m. Hunt now shows images the FBI released of the suspect after the UVU shooting. Judge allows it to be published in the courtroom. Audio is muted as there is discussion about the Discord chat.

12:03 p.m. Cellebrite is a program used by law enforcement to get data off electronic devices. Twiggs was shown the image during his second interview (the one we just watched). He referenced the note during his recorded testimony. Judge admits it into evidence. It will be shown in the courtroom, but not on the livestream.

12:01 p.m. Audio was muted during the portion of the Discord messages. Audio is back as Hunt asks Davis about the note found under the keyboard. Law enforcement got the photo of the note after they took Twiggs’ phone into evidence. The phone was downloaded through Cellebrite. When that was done, SBI received a flash drive containing the data. An analyst went through all the information to look through evidence. That’s when the image of the letter was found.

11:57 a.m. Hunt asks about the Discord messages. They will be shown in the courtroom, but not on the video livestream.

11:54 a.m. Davis is done reading the texts. I wasn’t able to type them all, but you can go back and watch the livefeed or see them here on my Facebook page.

11:51 a.m. Robinson talks about a K9 possibly sniffing the gun out and it was an old rifle. Robinson says remember how he was engraving bullets. Robinson says he was going to use the weapon for hunting and judging from today, it works pretty good. Robinson says it’s going to take some hours to get home and Twiggs tells him to drive safe.

11:49 a.m. More texts about Robinson trying to go back and get the rifle. He’s in Orem trying to get the gun near the campus. He talks about cops being in the and roads being closed. He’s trying to find the rifle. They are texting back and forth. Twiggs asks if he thinks they found the gun. Robinson says he isn’t sure. Twiggs asks why he left the rifle behind and if it has a serial number. Robinson continues he doesn’t know if it had a serial number, but he worries about prints. He had to leave it in a bush where he changed outfits.

11:45 a.m. We see the phone photo on the screen. “Drop what you’re doing. Look under your keyboard,” Robinson wrote to Twiggs. Twiggs replies, “what???????” you’re joking right???” Robinson replies, “F$$$. I TRIED TO DELETE THAT!” Robinson: “I am still ok my love, but I am stick in orem for a while longer yet. shouldn’t be that long….” Twiggs says, “you weren’t the one who did it right???” Here are screen shots:

11:43 a.m. Hunt asks Davis how Tyler Robinson is saved in his phone as a contact. “Tyler.” The number in Twiggs’ phone matched the number law enforcement officers had for Robinson. A Cellebrite extraction was taken on the phone. Hunt moves to publish the evidence.

11:40 a.m. Hunt shows a photo of screenshots of text messages between Twiggs and Robinson. The images come directly from Twiggs’ phone. He showed the FBI agents the messages and they took photos of the messages. Twiggs’ first interview was on Sept. 12, 2025.

11:38 a.m. Hunt asks Davis is he was present at the interview. He was. He says the interview played in court was fair and accurate about what he remembers. Twiggs was shown text messages between himself and Tyler Robinson, Discord chat messages and a handwritten note. He was also shown the FBI press release showing photos of the suspects. Davis has reviewed all of those items.

11:36 a.m. The video cuts to black, a short portion comes on and McBride asks Twiggs about him going by Luna. He says he goes by Luna to some people, but not everything. McBride asks about the Dremel, a tool that engraves. They had one in the apartment. The recording is over.

11:33 a.m. Twiggs says he doesn’t use social media. McBride asks what kind of games they played together. Twiggs says anything that would be multiplayer and they liked to play a pirate game. They also played co-op games. When Twiggs was just out of high school, he and Robinson played shooting games together. McBride asks if they ever talked about politics. “He did more than me. I don’t really keep up with politics very much. He’d usually talk about stuff he heard on the radio on the drive to work with his work crew. I wouldn’t say super consistently because it wasn’t a topic I really contributed much to.” McBride asks if Robinson ever spoke about Charlie Kirk. Twiggs doesn’t recall him ever talking about Kirk. McBride asks if they ever talked about LGBTQ rights and gender issues. Twiggs says if he did talk about politics, it was about Trump or current issues.

11:31 a.m. Twiggs had seen one Instagram link about the shooting that a friend sent him. He saw images of the suspect the day after the shooting. McBride shows him photos of Robinson in the stairwell the FBI released the day after the shooting. Twiggs asks if he recognizes the person in the images. “That looks like him in terms of the shoes he’s wearing, the sunglasses, he’s usually wearing a hat.” Twiggs says the bottom two photos on the page definitely do look like Tyler Robinson.

11:30 a.m. McBride asks about Robinson acting irrationally on Sept. 11. “He was walking around a lot,” Twiggs says. Twiggs asks if what Robinson said the night before was true. Robinson says it was true, cried a little bit and says he wishes he hadn’t done it. Robinson walked around the house to keep himself busy. Twiggs didn’t want to be at his apartment.

11:28 a.m. We now see McBride and Twiggs on screen. It was blackened because it showed messages the judge said could not be shown. McBride asks Twiggs if he saw Robinson on Sept. 11. They saw each other when they woke up. Robinson was “up and around doing a lot of stuff around the house” and then Robinson said there was probably cops outside. Twiggs said goodbye to him, and Twiggs went back to his parents’ house to do laundry.

11:25 a.m. McBride asks about a series of messages that were on a Discord server group. The group played Dungeons & Dragons together every week. Robinson was part of the group. McBride reads a few of their user names. The screen in the courtroom remains black during this portion of the exhibit. At 8 p.m. on Sept. 11, Robinson messaged the group. He turned himself in that night.

11:24 a.m. McBride references text messages and notes. He asks Twiggs if he recognizes the messages. We don’t see the note as the screen is black, but Twiggs says he found a note underneath Robinson’s computer keyboard on his desk. Twiggs read the note and says he put it back down on the desk after he took a photo. This was around 11 p.m. on Sept. 10. Twiggs didn’t see the message again.

11:21 a.m. Twiggs got up around noon or 1 p.m. on Sept. 10. Robinson sent a message in a group chat, but did not message Twiggs directly at all that day. Twiggs heard from Robinson at 11 p.m. Now the video goes to black as this portion is redacted. McBride asks about Robinson engraving bullets. Robinson told Twiggs he planned to go hunting with his family and he wanted to create messages on bullets. He asked if he had a machine that would engrave bullets. Twiggs says Robinson had been talking about the hunting trip for a few months, but he doesn’t remember when he was specifically asking to engrave bullets.

11:20 a.m. Robinson spent the night in the apartment the night of Sept. 9, 2025, into Sept. 10. Twiggs recalls Robinson leaving early on the 10th because he had a long drive to work that morning, he said. Twiggs recalls him leaving around 4 a.m. Twiggs spits out his gum.

11:19 a.m. Twiggs and Robinson started dating two or three months after they began living together. They lived in an apartment complex in St. George, Utah. They lived in separate rooms. Twiggs was working as a bathroom/shower repairman. Robinson was working for an electrical company and in trade school as an electrician. Robinson would leave around 7 a.m. and get back around 3-4 p.m. depending on the job.

11:17 a.m. Twiggs says he met Robinson in 2023. When they first met, they were just roommates. They had the same friend group and liked playing games. There were some echoes during the video that are being worked out. This video was conducted in April.

11:14 a.m. Hunt says there are moments of black in the video. Those are the redactions. When there are several minutes of black, prosecution will fast-forward. Hunt asks to show the “Lance Twiggs Meeting” video. Twiggs appears on screen via a Zoom-type meeting. He is speaking with Prosecutor Ryan McBride.

11:13 a.m. Judge is back on the bench. Prosecutor Lauren Hunt asks to put Agent Brian Davis back on the stand so he can testify about the video.

10:56 a.m. Court is back in session. Prosecution says there were some tech issues, but they have not had a chance to show the defense the final edited video. They need 10 minutes to show the defense the video beforehand. Graf announces we will be in recess until 11:05 a.m.

10:34 a.m. Prosecution is ready to play the edited video and asks for a brief recess to show the defense. After the break, the prosecution will play the video. We are in recess for 15 minutes. Back in the courtroom at 10:50 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Judge rules that the prosecution can play the interview, text messages, note and Discord chat (with some exceptions) can be shown on the livestream and in the courtroom.

10:28 a.m. Kirk family attorney approaches the lectern again. He says this hasn’t been easy and the family deserves to see the evidence gathered in this investigation. “They deserve to know what happened to Charlie. We urge the court to display the evidence in the courtroom.”

10:25 a.m. Prosecution says they want the video shown in the courtroom, but not on the livestream. Prosecution wants text messages between Robinson and Twiggs to also be admitted. Graf asks how much of the texts have already been made public. Prosecutor takes several minutes to go through his notes. There are 18 pages of photographs. 5.5 pages have been released the public so far, he says.

10:15 a.m. Media attorney thanks defense, prosecutors and judge for taking so much time on this issue. Kirk family attorney approaches the lectern. “The Kirk family has waited 10 months for this hearing. They have a right to be here and they have a right to see the evidence. They have a right to see and feel what is going on here. They want to see the evidence. We understand you have to balance, but at a minimum, this courtroom needs to be open and to show the evidence. To be here and not see the evidence, what’s the point of being here?”

10:04 a.m. Prosecutor addresses a legal argument made by the defense yesterday about “confessions” made by defendants in the courtroom. Defense argued that the publication of defendant’s confessions or admissions are not allowed into trials. Prosecutor disagrees.

9:56 a.m. Novak says Lance Twiggs’ attorney may have issues with the second portion being admitted. Prosecution says Twiggs was aware of it and had no issue. Prosecutor says it’s very relevant to the case and should be played. Graf will allow the first portion in. As for the second section, Graf says he stands by his original ruling and is not allowing it to be shown. The entire exhibit is being admitted as evidence, but not all of it will be shown.

9:52 a.m. Prosecutor asks that two sections the judge wanted redacted be admitted. Defense attorney Richard Novak says they never asked for the first section to be removed – the judge decided it. As for the second portion, Novak says it’s not relevant and they don’t want it played.

9:47 a.m. Graf says two additional changes need to be made to the video. He wants audio and video redacted from 8 seconds of one portion of the video and in another section, he asks for 7 seconds to be redacted. Prosecution says it has been somewhat unclear why the judge wants the redactions made to the exhibit. He asks for clarification.

9:44 a.m. Judge discusses redacted video with the prosecution and defense. A few different edits were made to the video overnight. Graf clarifies the portions he wants redacted from the video. Anything showing anyone other than Prosecutor Ryan McBride and Lance Twiggs should be redacted, he says.

9:42 a.m. With each exhibit, Graf has taken a three-tiered approach: 1 – should it be admitted but not shown to anyone except the judge? 2 – should it be admitted and shown in the courtroom? 3 – should it be admitted and shown in the courtroom and on the livestream?

9:40 a.m. Graf says his obligation is to be transparent while also balancing the rights of the victim and the rights of the defendant to a fair trial. Graf says his ruling is that not all exhibits will be shown to the gallery and the public at large. “This is not intended to diminish the victims’ rights or concerns, but reflects the court’s responsibility to maintain the integrity of the evidence.”

9:38 a.m. Media attorney has reviewed the brief and approaches the lectern. He says the public should see as much as possible while respecting the rights of the trial. The issue seems to be whether the roommate video should be shown in the courtroom versus and/or on the livestream.

9:35 a.m. Graf says he’s been thinking about the comments made yesterday and a motion was filed by Erika Kirk’s attorney overnight regarding the exhibits. Judge asks if the defense and prosecution have had a chance to read the brief.

9:30 a.m. Graf is on the bench. Attorneys for prosecution and defense enter their appearances. Judge acknowledges Erika Kirk and wishes her a good morning. Graf reminds those in the courtroom of decorum order.

9:25 a.m. Graf has ordered that victims and people in the gallery cannot be shown – either by the video camera or still photographer. You may sometimes see the camera pan up to the seal or ceiling when someone is talking during proceedings. It could be because Erika Kirk or Charlie’s parents are leaving or walking into the courtroom.

9:23 a.m. The roommate video is a key piece of evidence for the prosecution. The defense fought hard to even have it be admitted. Then, when Graf allowed it in, Robinson’s attorneys argued that it should not be played for the public because it could impact potential jurors. The arguments lasted most of the afternoon yesterday. Graf finally ruled that portions of the video can be played. Court adjourned early so prosecutors could go make the necessary edits.

9:20 a.m. Still waiting for court proceedings to begin. Heavy security presence in the courtroom and around the courthouse. Saw security on the roof and drones in the air. Here’s a photo I took this morning at one of the doors.

9:08 a.m. Judge Tony Graf stressed yesterday that the preliminary hearing will end Friday at 5 p.m. This has been one of the most in-depth, lengthy preliminary hearings I have witnessed.

9:05 a.m. Agent Brian Davis with the Utah State Bureau of Investigation will be back on the stand this morning. He will testify about the Twiggs’ video. The prosecution will then re-call Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina as their final witness. She briefly took the stand earlier this week. The defense has two ATF agents they plan to call.

8:45 a.m. I’m back in Provo this morning, but did not get in the courtroom today. I stopped by the courthouse around 6:30 a.m. and people were lined up to get a wristband for a courtroom seat. The people at the front of the line said they had been there since 11 p.m. Others arrived around 1 a.m. One woman told me she took work off and got here at 5 a.m. and missed getting a seat. This morning we are expected to see the police interview with Lance Twiggs, Tyler Robinson’s roommate, in which he told officers that Robinson confessed to him.