A Utah judge on Friday barred the media from recording Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson during a hearing.
Robinson was back in court on Friday seeking to disqualify Utah prosecutors over a conflict of interest.
Judge Tony Graf banned media cameras from filming Robinson after the defense said they have concerns about lip reading.
The New York Post reported:
Tyler Robinson’s court hearing took a strange turn Friday when a Utah judge barred a media videographer from filming Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin in the courtroom over lip-reading concerns raised by the defense.
Utah District Judge Tony Graf prohibited the pool cameraman from filming the 22-year-old murder suspect, warning close-up footage of him could prejudice the remainder of the hearing.
“During the remainder of this hearing, the camera shall not photograph Mr. Robinson at all,” Graf ruled.
“That will be the sanction of this court. I will allow the pool camera operator to reposition the camera to adhere to that.”
The decision came after Robinson’s attorneys brought up their concerns with Graf, arguing the videographer zoomed in on their client, capturing their conversation, ABC 4 reported.
Robinson’s counsel showed the judge two clips of previous footage they said violated court rules.
Last month, Tyler Robinson made his first in-person appearance in court and was caught on camera chatting with his lawyers.
Robinson smirked, whispered and laughed with one of his lawyers before Judge Graf began the proceedings.
The hot mic picked up some whispers but it was impossible to hear exactly what Robinson told his lawyer.
According to a lipreader, Robinson told his lawyer that he thinks about the shooting ‘daily’ and said he isn’t sleeping at night.
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