The widow of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk is demanding that the courts move swiftly in the case against the man accused of assassinating her husband, pressing for a speedy trial under Utahs victims rights laws.
According to One America News, attorneys for Erika Kirk have filed a motion insisting that the prosecution of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson proceed without further delay. Robinson is charged with shooting and killing Kirk during a TPUSA event at Utah Valley University in September 2025, a crime that shocked conservatives nationwide and raised renewed concerns about escalating political hostility.
On Friday, Kirks attorney, Jeffrey Neiman, accused Robinsons defense team of engineering procedural slowdowns that amount to an undue and unwanted delay in the case. In a court filing, Neiman cited state law, writing, The Utah Code affords victims of a crime the right to a speedy disposition of the charges free from unwarranted delay caused by or at the behest of the defendant and to prompt and final conclusion of the case after the disposition or conviction and sentence, including prompt and final conclusion of all collateral attacks on dispositions or criminal judgments.
The motion formally asserts that Erika Kirk, as a victim under Utah law, is invoking her right to a timely resolution of the charges. Neiman emphasized the courts dual responsibility, stating, This Court is tasked with the critically important function of ensuring the Defendant has a fair trial, but this Court must also do so while balancing Mrs. Kirks right to a speedy trial, and therefore this Notice invokes Mrs. Kirks rights under applicable Utah Code, the filing concluded.
Despite the gravity of the allegations, Robinson has yet to enter a plea or even proceed through a preliminary hearing, a basic threshold in Utahs criminal process to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to advance to trial. That lack of progress has fueled frustration among those who see the delays as undermining justice for a prominent conservative leader whose organization, TPUSA, has been instrumental in mobilizing young voters in support of limited government and constitutional freedoms.
Robinson is next scheduled to appear in court on February 3rd for a hearing on his defense teams motion to disqualify a member of the prosecution. His attorneys allege a conflict of interest because a deputy in the county attorneys office, now on the prosecution team, had an adult child in the audience when Kirk was shot, a claim prosecutors firmly reject as unfounded.
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