Suspect in Charlie Kirk's Killing is Charged

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Utah prosecutors have filed seven charges against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson’s charges include aggravated murder, and prosecutors intend to ask for a death sentence. Then, a Senate committee grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he attempted to answer questions about the Kirk shooting investigation as well as the Epstein files. Plus, the Federal Reserve Board wraps day one of their two-day meeting on interest rates. Symone Sanders hosts as Mychael Schnell, Jeff Mason, David Drucker, Barbara McQuade, John Harwood, Bharat Ramamurti, and Paige Cognetti join The 11th Hour this Tuesday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, prosecutors unveil multiple charges, including murder, against a suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination, and say they'll seek the death penalty.
0:10.0	Then, tension and defiance on Capitol Hill, senators clash with FBI Director Kas Patel over his leadership of the Bureau.
0:19.0	Plus, the Fed begins its key meeting on interest rates
0:22.8	amid Trump's mounting pressure campaign
0:24.8	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.
0:31.3	Greetings, everyone.
0:32.5	I'm Simone Sanders Townsend in for Stephanie Rule.
0:35.2	It is day 240 of the Second Trump administration. Today, Utah prosecutors
0:40.2	filed charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. That is the man accused of killing Charlie
0:45.8	Kirk. Those charges included aggravated murder, and prosecutors say they will ask for a death
0:52.8	sentence in the case.
0:56.5	We'll have much more on that coming up in a few minutes.
1:02.2	Also today, FBI director Cash Patel testified in front of Congress where he faced very tough questioning about the Kirk shooting investigation, the Epstein files, as well as his
1:07.0	overall handling of the Bureau. NBC's Ryan Nobles has the details.
1:13.2	Tonight, FBI director Cash Patel, grilled by Democrats.
1:17.3	I follow you on your social media posts that tear this country apart.
1:23.9	Criticizing Patel for initially announcing, then taking back, news a suspect was caught in the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation.
1:31.8	So that was a mistake.
1:33.4	I don't see it as a mistake.
1:34.7	I see it as something working with the public to identify that there was a subject in custody.
1:39.4	But Patel touting the FBI's record.
1:42.0	This FBI is delivering the results we are delivering to include the lowest murder rate in modern U.S. history, and also making headlines on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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