07/09/2026 — Preliminary Hearing Day 4
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| Field | Reported value |
|---|---|
| Date | 07/09/2026 (Thursday) |
| Category | Preliminary hearing — Day 4 |
| Full transcript (site Day 4 file) | Preliminary Hearing — Day 4 |
What happened
Lance Twiggs — recorded interview (not live stand)
April-recorded video played: roommate/romantic partner. Alleged remorse ("wishes he hadn't done it"); claims he had not heard Robinson talk about Kirk specifically before the shooting; politics/Trump talk only in general. Twiggs' counsel publicly says he cooperated. Twiggs has not been charged with anything.
Texts and note (via Brian Davis / exhibits)
Alleged 09/10–09/11 thread: "look under my keyboard"; note claiming opportunity to "take out Charlie Kirk"; "you weren't the one who did it right????" / "I am, I'm sorry." Defense challenges authentication and publicity of confession materials.
Jennifer Faumuina (return)
Wooded-area rifle: one spent + three unfired engraved rounds; home Dremel and "TEST SHOT" casing; ATF toolmark links on casings/Dremel as reported.
Samantha Karner (ATF) — defense call
Bullet jacket fragment from autopsy cannot be identified or excluded as from the seized rifle — inconclusive for lack of microscopic marks. Central to ballistics defense theme.
Interesting In This Area
- The state rested, then the defense called the ATF examiner who found nothing conclusive.
- The roommate's recorded interview played without the speaker present for cross-examination.
- He reportedly said he had never heard the accused discuss Charlie Kirk at all.
- The full transcript carries the exhibit ruling that decided what cameras saw.
Other Pages In This Section
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.
Read this
Tyler Robinson's Phone & Devices
What is and is not established about the accused's own devices — reported extractions, location and tower metadata, and the discovery the defence says it has not received.
Read thisA week of sessions in Provo where the ATF ballistics, the rooftop, the autopsy and the phone evidence were finally tested under cross-examination. The day-by-day record of who said what on the stand.
Read thisKathryn Nester leading, with Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser — appointments, motions and the estimated cost of the capital defense.
Read thisSources
- Day 4 transcript; ABC4 Day 4; CNN Twiggs package 07/09–07/11
- Roster: People on Witness Stand
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Interesting
- A surrender reportedly as early as three p.m., with the footage request refused.
- Audio analysis finds two distinct events, not one shot, milliseconds apart.
- The only pathologist named under oath was never called to testify.
Related Areas
- Tyler Robinson
- Proof Not Tyler
- Timeline