Utah judge finds prosecutor in Charlie Kirk assassination case in contempt
A Utah judge in the case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer held a top prosecutor in contempt on Friday over comments he made to the media about the case's defendant, but the judge opted to keep the death penalty on the table.
Judge Tony Graf said during a court hearing on Friday that Utah County prosecutor Christopher Ballard's comments to media outlets about alleged gunman Tyler Robinson violated a publicity order he issued for this case last year.
Robinson's lawyers asked for prosecutors to be disqualified from the case over statements that Ballard made to the outlets earlier this year about a report included in a defense filing. The prosecutor is also a spokesperson for the Utah County Attorney's Office.
After media began reporting earlier this spring on a ballistics filing that stated authorities were "unable to identify" that the recovered bullet found at the crime scene was tied to Robinson's alleged firearm, Ballard sought to "set the record straight" and told outlets that these results were inconclusive.
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