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Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Loses Latest Bid For Camera-Free Courtroom

Tyler Robinson in court [Screenshot/Fox News/"The Five"]

A Utah court ruled against Tyler Robinson on Monday by allowing the media to cover his upcoming preliminary hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case.

Utah Judge Tony Graf denied a motion from Robinson’s lawyers to keep media outlets out of the July pretrial hearing during a televised Monday proceeding. The preliminary hearing will explore whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring Robinson to trial for allegedly climbing a rooftop at Utah Valley University in Orem and fatally shooting the conservative activist on Sept. 10 over his political views.

BREAKING: Judge Tony Graf issued two rulings today in the Tyler Robinson case:

• Ordered an evidentiary hearing for June 12 on whether Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray and Chris Ballard violated the court’s pre-trial publicity order by speaking to national media.

• Denied the… pic.twitter.com/5EDC06g0aQ

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The law firm defending Robinson did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Graf’s ruling marks the latest in a series of pretrial losses for Robinson after the judge denied their requests to disqualify the Utah County Attorney’s Office from the case and for a blanket ban on cameras in the courtroom, according to reports and broadcasted hearings. However, Graf also said Monday that he is scheduling a June 12 hearing for attorneys to argue whether prosecutors violated a pretrial publicity order through opinionated comments to the press.

“The public and the media enjoy a presumptive right to access court proceedings, including preliminary hearings,” said Graf, an appointee of Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

Robinson’s lawyers failed to establish “that the evidence, if presented in a public proceeding, would create a realistic likelihood of prejudice to defendant’s right to a fair trial,” Graf said.

The defendant is charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering and committing a violent offense in the presence of a child over the Sept. 10 shooting. Utah is pursuing the death penalty for the killing. Robinson has not yet entered a plea.