“It should be made public”: Charlie Kirk’s family pushes for transparency during evidence hearing

Attorneys spent much of the third day of the preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk arguing about which evidence the public should be able to see. In the midst of hours of debate between the prosecution and the defense, the court heard from a representative for the victim, who pushed for the proceedings to be open. Attorney Jeffrey Neiman, who said he represented the Kirk family, said they wanted all evidence admitted in court to be made public. “I’ve been very hesitant to speak up at these proceedings… but I feel as if we need to,” Neiman said. “The Kirk family believes strongly that if evidence is being admitted in this preliminary hearing, it should be made public for the world to see.” “To not be transparent here, to not be open, to not let the world see what happened, will create doubt and distrust in the judicial system. And that’s not what anybody wants,” he said. During Wednesday’s court hearing in the case against Tyler Robinson, prosecutors sought to enter some of their strongest known evidence, including a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and text messages between the two. ------------------------------------- Follow Scripps News on other platforms— Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on X: https://x.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on TikTok:   / scrippsnews