Judge Rules On Redactions For Lance Twiggs' Interview In Charlie Kirk Murder Case

Judge Tony Graf Jr on Wednesday considered the admissibility of a video of Lance Twiggs' interviews with police. Twiggs is the roommate and romantic partner of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025. This is the final discussion from Wednesday (July 8) regarding the interviews. 02:10 "and what I take into consideration when I make my ultimate decision about probable cause, I will not take into consideration what is not relevant, so that is a constant balancing and evaluation I'm making throughout this" 03:28 "As I am acting as a magistrate, I do not have the same concerns that my decision will be influenced by undue prejudice as that of a jury. Therefore, for purposes of admissibility, the defendant's objection is overruled." 05:17 "They can either take the time tonight to redact what the court is not going to allow to be published, and I wish to differentiate. I'm considering it all, but for publication purposes, that portion is not going to be permitted to be played in the courtroom." 07:48 Richard Novak: "the question is whether statements of mr. Robinson of the nature that I'm referring to can be published, not considered by the court, but published without violating Mr. Robinson's 14th Amendment due process rights, and it is our view, as we have said in our earlier papers, that the answer is no publication" 13:24 Novak: "I'm aware of the issue that the court is commenting on. I think the state needs to account for its decision to publish text messages that directly implicate the Supreme Court law that we're talking about" 16:04 Lauren Hunt: "just to clarify for the record, in the court, the state's position is that we would like the audio played." 17:37 Novak: "The distinction that Ms. Hunt is drawing is, I think, what people call a distinction without a difference. It doesn't matter whether it's audio or video, and it doesn't matter whether it's on a television or on the internet or on the radio. It's going to be broadcast, and so it doesn't really matter whether it's audio or video." 23:13 Judge Graf speaks "I appreciate the parties articulating further edits that the court is going to require to be redacte..." 28:43 "So what I'm talking about here is this is only what will be published in the courtroom, and on and captured by the video is the differentiation, so what's being redacted, for the lack of a better word, or cut out is what's going to be published in the courtroom, not what the court's going to consider" 33:07 Kirk family lawyer Jeff Neiman speaks