A judge in Utah on Tuesday ruled that a trial for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of fatally shooting prominent conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, can move forward.
\n\nDistrict Judge Tony Graf issued his decision after a day of arguments in a probable cause hearing, in which prosecutors sought the case to be bound over for arraignment and defense attorneys argued that the evidence was lacking.
\n\nRobinson is accused of killing Kirk with a single rifle round fired from a rooftop at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The assassination of Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of the youth advocacy group Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump, rocked U.S. politics.
\n\nProsecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony that makes him eligible for the death penalty, and other counts. Robinson has not yet entered a plea.
\n\nIn the lead-up to his ruling, Graf allowed lawyers on both sides to present closing arguments Tuesday. Evidence was presented in July.
\n\n“It’s not difficult to understand the motive here,” Utah County prosecutor Ryan McBride told the court during the state’s closing arguments. “The defendant’s views were repugnant to the positions that Charlie Kirk…
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