February 3rd, Tyler Robinson was in court in Utah regarding his motion to dismiss the Prosecutor’s office on grounds of conflict of interest. The defence position is that a conflict of interest arises due to the adult daughter a member of the prosecution team having been present at the scene the day Charlie Kirk was killed. Therefore, the entire prosecution team should be disqualified.
Chad Grunander testified that his daughter was there, approximately 85 feet from where Kirk was shot. She did not see the shot or see Kirk being hauled away and was not affected in the aftermath. The defence insists that this is a clear conflict of interest, especially in seeking the death penalty, regardless of how the adult daughter was affected. The prosecution testified that at no time was Grunander’s daughter at the scene part of any decision-making in the prosecution of the case or the decision to seek the death penalty.
During the hearing, we were able to hear some of the evidence that will be brought forward during the trial. This evidence includes DNA that matches Robinson found on the rifle, screw driver, towel and cartridges found in the weapon, nearby the weapon, as well as at Tyler Robinson’s home in St. George. Surveillance footage from UVU, potentially up to 30 days before the shooting, as well as footage tracing Tyler from his home to UVU, including doorbell camera and business security footage. Text messages and social media messages from Robinson indicating his involvement, and laptops from Tyler’s home.
The next hearing will be on February 24th, where Judge Graf will give his decision on the motion to dismiss due to a conflict of interest.