A key hearing in the case of Tyler James Robinson, the alleged gunman in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, will be open to the public and media, a judge declared in a June 1 ruling.
Judge Tony Graf Jr. also ruled that prosecutors could be held in contempt for out-of-court statements to the media, depending on the outcome of a hearing he set for June 12 in Utah’s Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah.
The judge, appearing via video with the attorneys in the case, made his decisions based on arguments from attorneys representing the prosecution, defense, and media outlets on May 19….