Charlie Kirk Accused Assassin Calls for Entire Prosecutor's Office Recusal
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Shots ran out as Charlie Kirk sat on stage at a Utah Valley University event. The conservative activist reportedly hit near his neck and killed. According to reports, the shot was fired from the roof of a campus building about 200 yards away. Social Video posts show Kirk in a familiar pose, speaking into a handheld microphone, sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.” The single shot booms and Kirk reaches up with his right hand. Blood gush from underneath.
Now the accused shooter, Tyler Robinson’s defense team has called for the entire Utah County prosecutor’s office to be recused. The defense’s claims a potential conflict of interest as a lead prosecutor’s child was at the event where Kirk was assassinated. That, according to the defense, tainted the office’s decisions. A judge has ruled the teen's attendance “did not materially influence” prosecutors’ actions.
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- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.4 | Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, the so-called assassin, demands the top prosecutor |
| 0:20.7 | be thrown off his case. |
| 0:24.1 | I had that happen to me many, many times in court. |
| 0:28.0 | Move number one, just as I was about to go to trial, all that prep work, |
| 0:33.7 | the defense would jump up with a motion to have me thrown off the case for various reasons. |
| 0:41.6 | It never worked. |
| 0:43.5 | It was just another problem to deal with when you need to focus on your case. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:50.4 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:51.8 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:55.9 | That's right. you heard me. |
| 1:05.9 | Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson demands the top prosecutor in his case be thrown off. |
| 1:13.5 | A Utah judge hearing the allegations against the prosecutor, Judge Tony Graff, |
| 1:19.8 | first determined the Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray's decision to pursue the death penalty was not influenced by the daughter of another prosecutor within the office. |
| 1:26.8 | That daughter of a coworker who was Chad Grunitur was present when Charlie Kirk was gunned down last |
| 1:36.8 | September 10. |
| 1:38.4 | That had been thrown at Judge Graff that the death penalty should be taken off the table because it was influenced by the |
| 1:46.4 | daughter of the prosecutor's co-worker. Well, that didn't work. You can see the defense is trying |
| 1:52.0 | everything. Now, the alleged killer wants the prosecutor thrown off the case. Nancy, Robinson's |
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