Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson said he thinks about the shooting “every day” — and mentioned the slain conservative activist’s wife, Erika, in a chilling court exchange with his attorney, according to a lip-reading analysis.
Robinson, 22, appeared calm and even shared a laugh with his attorney as he made his first in-person court appearance in Provo, Utah, on Thursday, more than three months after Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University.
Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, said he thinks about the shooting “every day” — and mentioned the slain activist’s wife, Erika Kirk, in a chilling court exchange with his attorney. AP
Robinson, 22, appeared calm and even shared a laugh with his attorney as he made his first in-person court appearance in Provo, Utah, on Thursday. Getty Images
“I think about the shooting daily,” Robinson appears to tell his lawyer in an off-mic moment before the hearing began, according to a lip-reading analysis by Lip Reader Limited. AP“I think about the shooting daily,” Robinson, who’s been behind bars since his arrest days after the assassination, appears to tell his lawyer in an off-mic moment before the hearing began, according to an analysis by Lip Reader Limited.
“Every morning … all the time,” he continues.
He then appears to mention Kirk’s widow, Erika, who was left with the couple’s two small children, in the unsettling exchange.
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“So, he had a wife…,” the lip reader caught at one point.
During another part of the exchange, he appears to talk about himself, saying he’s been “smoking a lot … Not sleeping at night … it’s driving me mental.”
“Unfortunately, it’s doing my head in. I’m not good for anything,” he adds, according to the analysis.
Robinson’s first in-person court appearance came more than three months after conservative icon Charlie Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University in September 2025. via REUTERSRobinson appeared largely unfazed while standing before the judge wearing a simple blue button-down and argyle tie.
He is accused of gunning down the 31-year-old Kirk on Sept. 10 during a Turning Point USA talk at Utah Valley University in front of a crowd of thousands.
Robinson also appears to revisit details from the case — including mentioning Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika Kirk CBS NewsDuring Thursday’s hearing, Judge Tony Graf was due to make a decision about allowing media in the courtroom, which Robinson’s defense argued against, and whether to make public parts of a transcript from a phone hearing in October, which determined Robinson could wear street clothes in court.
The judge ultimately deferred judgment on both matters after closing the hearing for more than two hours for private arguments.
He scheduled a hearing for Dec. 29 to make his final ruling.
Robinson is facing charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.
