Major Update Before Robinson’s Key Hearing; Kirk Family Will Attend

In a solemn courtroom in Provo today, the family of slain conservative icon Charlie Kirk comes face-to-face with the accused assassin who allegedly cut his life short last September.

Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old charged with the cold-blooded murder of Kirk at Utah Valley University last September, is due in Fourth Judicial District Court for the start of a weeklong preliminary hearing.

Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and his parents, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, are expected to attend.

This will mark the first time they will sit in the same room as the man prosecutors say executed a politically motivated hit on a prominent voice for conservatism.

This hearing is no mere formality.