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07/06/2026 — Preliminary Hearing Day 1

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FieldReported value
Date07/06/2026 (Monday)
CategoryPreliminary hearing — Day 1
CourtFourth District Court — Provo
JudgeTony F. Graf Jr.
Full transcriptPreliminary Hearing — Day 1

What happened​

Week-long probable-cause hearing opens. Appearances, camera/decorum protocol, Erika Kirk present. State opens with four planned law-enforcement witnesses. None of the opening testimony addresses the citizen-investigation finding that Charlie Kirk was killed by an explosive device rather than the rifle round the State describes — see the microphone analysis.

Witnesses on the stand (Day 1)​

  • Chris Bagley (Spanish Fork PD; former UVU) — heard the shot ~12:23 p.m.; reached Losee Center roof ~12:44 p.m.; described disturbed gravel/"sniper pad," screwdriver, shoe print; empty pistol holster in grass; body-worn camera stopped recording (battery account). Cross on security posture and holster.
  • David Hull (SBI / Utah DPS case agent) — begins authentication of UVU surveillance, eyewitness/Ring video, and medical-examiner materials; in-court identification of Robinson for prelim purposes. Testimony continues Day 2.

Other people in the record​

  • Prosecution: Chad Grunander, Ryan McBride, David Sturgill, Lauren Hunt; Jeff Gray / Chris Ballard present.
  • Defense: Kathryn Nester, Richard Novak, Michael Burt, Staci Visser.
  • Case agents permitted to remain: Hull and Brian Davis.

Key public takeaways (press / X)​

  • Bagley's body-cam gap and second unidentified badge-carrier dominate citizen-investigator clips.
  • Graphic shooting video shown to parties; not fully published to public cameras.
  • Full color-coded transcript: Day 1.

Interesting In This Area​

Other Pages In This Section​

Days in Court

Every reported court date in case 251403576, in order, with what happened on each one. The calendar is where the shape of the prosecution becomes visible — a gag order in December, a sealing fight in March, a contempt finding in June, then five days of sworn testimony in July. Some dates exist only as filings, because the certified minute entries have never been published.

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Preliminary Hearing — Day 3

The state's case agent walks through the September 11 surrender, the booking, the search warrants and a live .223 round reportedly found on a rooftop. The afternoon then turns into an extended fight over whether the recorded roommate interview could be broadcast at all. Verbatim transcript of both halves.

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Preliminary Hearing — Day 2

The surveillance day. The investigating agent walks the court through UVU camera footage of the person the state believes is Robinson, then into Cellebrite phone extractions and the recovered rifle. The cross-examination that follows is about chain of custody rather than about who is on the video.

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Ballistics — ATF Inconclusive & CBLA

The ATF could not match the recovered jacket fragment to the seized Mauser. This page separates a casing from a fragment and explains why that distinction decides a great deal.

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Sources​

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Interesting​

  • The baseline case file rests on an ATF comparison that came back inconclusive.
  • TPUSA's own tribute video holds an aerial shot of the plaza, though drones were reported absent.
  • An accountant walks money moving between TPUSA entities.
  • Tyler Robinson
  • Proof Not Tyler
  • Timeline