Forensic Phone Extraction
Courtroom testimony clip on the phone extraction. Source: @realstewpeters on X, July 9, 2026.
According to a courtroom clip posted by Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) on July 9, 2026, a witness identified in the post as Agent Davis testified that a Cellebrite forensic extraction was performed on Lance Twiggs' phone as part of the investigation in State of Utah v. Tyler Robinson. The exchange is short and is reproduced below from the video.
Tyler Robinson is charged, not convicted. Everything on this page is reported testimony and citizen commentary, not a judicial finding.
What the testimony says
From the clip's audio (transcribed):
Prosecution: "As part of the investigation, was a Cellebrite extraction performed on Mr. Twiggs' phone?" Agent: "Yes, it was." Prosecution: "Did you personally review that extraction?" Agent: "Yes, I have." Prosecution: "And according to that extraction, did Mr. Robinson and Mr. Twiggs exchange text messages on September tenth through eleventh, 2025?" Agent: "Yes, they did." Prosecution: "What time was that first text sent, according to the Cellebrite extraction?" Agent: "The first text was September tenth at eleven p.m."
The post's own caption states: "Investigators used an ISRAELI company to pull forensic data from Lance Twiggs' phone." Cellebrite is described in more detail on the Cellebrite page.
Why this matters
A forensic extraction copies the full contents of a phone — messages, timestamps, deleted data, and metadata — into a reviewable report. The testimony ties two things together: the existence of a completed extraction of Twiggs' device, and the claim that it shows Robinson–Twiggs text messages spanning September 10–11, 2025, with a first message reportedly at 11 p.m. on September 10.
The apparent tension with the prosecution's earlier position
Investigative commentary has repeatedly flagged a prosecution filing stating that "the state does not intend to offer evidence obtained through forensic extractions of electronics seized in this case." If accurate, that written position sits in tension with in-court testimony describing — and relying on — a Cellebrite extraction of Twiggs' phone. Citizen investigators frame this as a question worth resolving: which extractions the state will and will not put before the court, and why. This site does not claim any filing was false or that any official acted improperly; the point is the unresolved inconsistency between the filing language and the testimony.
Related threads
The conflict-of-interest argument about an Israeli vendor inside a case where Israel is treated as a suspect is at Israeli Tech in the Case. The defendant's own seized electronics are covered at Robinson's Phone & Devices.
Open questions
- Who conducted the extraction, and under what warrant or consent was Twiggs' phone accessed?
- How does a Cellebrite extraction of Twiggs' phone square with the timeline disputes over Robinson's phone and the Discord messages?
- Does the reported "11 p.m. September 10" first-message time align with, or contradict, other timeline evidence?
- Will the state actually offer this extraction at the preliminary hearing, given the earlier filing?
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July 2026 hearing commentary (as reported on X)
- Public posts during the preliminary hearing stated that a Cellebrite extraction of Twiggs' device was referenced when photos/messages were discussed in open court, suggesting extraction products are in the evidentiary conversation even if trial strategy evolves.
- Defense counsel Kathryn Nester's cross-examination of Agent David Hull (chain of custody, scene handling) is cited by investigators as the template for later digital-forensics challenges: if physical-scene chain is contested, phone extraction chain (seizure → Faraday → UFED → report) will be next.
- Unsealed Robinson–Twiggs texts published in April 2026 commentary (@KanekoaTheGreat and others) raise authentication questions: which messages come from Cellebrite dumps vs. cloud exports vs. Discord server production? Until raw reports are public, treat message screenshots as attributed reporting, not verified forensics.
Interesting In This Area
- A filing said the state would offer no forensic extractions; testimony described one.
- The extraction was performed on the roommate's device, not the defendant's.
- The tool named in open court belongs to an Israeli forensics firm.
- The defense holds the same image and is not contesting its authenticity.
Interesting In Other Areas
- The filing-versus-testimony gap is catalogued as a documented contradiction.
- Foreign tooling inside a domestic capital case is tracked under Israeli technology.
- The state's own position was that it would not offer extractions.
- The agent who described the extraction also handled the surrender and booking.
Other Pages In This Section
Preliminary Hearing — Day 1 (July 2026)
The opening day, verbatim: camera protocol, then the officer who reached the Losee Center roof and described disturbed gravel, a screwdriver and a shoe print — with his body-worn camera no longer recording. The state's lead agent follows and begins authenticating the surveillance. Read the words rather than the clips cut from them.
Read this
Lance Twiggs' phone was extracted and entered the record in a case where she is not a defendant. What was taken, and under what authority, is the open question.
Read thisA reported 600,000-file production arrived while the DNA chain-of-custody material the defense asked for reportedly did not. The fight over what the defense received is now the fight over what the public will ever see.
Read thisThe judge presiding over State v. Robinson, sworn in weeks before the shooting, in what commentary calls his first case on the bench. Appointment timing is an open question in posts, not a court finding.
Read thisElsewhere In The Investigation
Phone-Extraction Filing Contradicts Courtroom Testimony (Claims)
A prosecution filing reportedly said the state did not intend to offer evidence obtained through forensic extractions of the seized electronics. In the same proceeding an agent testified that a Cellebrite extraction of the roommate's phone was performed, personally reviewed, and used to build the text timeline.
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Israeli Technology Inside the Investigation (Claims)
If Israel is treated as a suspect, why is Israeli-made software extracting and authenticating the trial evidence? The striking part of the answer is that the defense has the data and is not raising it.
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The State Says It Will Not Offer Forensic Extractions
A filing says the state does not intend to offer evidence from forensic extractions of the seized electronics. That removes the one path that could authenticate any of these logs.
Read this
A named procedural role and nothing beyond it. The page records that role with attribution because the alternative — letting a name float unexplained through commentary — is worse.
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Interesting
- A prosecutor was reportedly held in contempt for talking up a case the lab had not backed.
- Attendees report video vanishing from their own phones the same day.
- Foreign-lead intelligence work reportedly ended in a tense White House confrontation.
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