                                        {"id":4119,"date":"2026-07-10T07:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:07:18","slug":"redacted-letter-from-tyler-robinson-to-trans-lover-accidentally-shown-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4119","title":{"rendered":"Redacted letter from Tyler Robinson to trans lover accidentally shown in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A note from Tyler Robinson to his trans partner was accidentally broadcast in court Thursday \u2014 revealing handwritten text in which Robinson allegedly confesses to killing Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4117\">Tyler Robinson spent weeks plotting Charlie Kirk assassination, asked trans lover about engraver tool for bullets: bombshell recording<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. I don\u2019t know if I will\/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you,\u201d reads the letter, which flashed briefly in a courtroom during Robinson\u2019s preliminary hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, 23, hid the note under his computer keyboard for Lance Twiggs, 22, to find after Kirk was dead, Twiggs claimed in video testimony with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text,\u201d reads the letter.<\/p>\n<p>District judge Tony Graf had barred direct images of the letter from being shown to media cameras even though authorities had already released the text to media shortly after Robinson\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me stop you, Mr. McBride. I\u2019m not sure, is this being broadcast?\u201d Graf asked prosecutor Ryan McBride after the letter appeared on the camera feed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4115\">NY mom Jamey Carney suffocated to death in Ireland home murder \u2014 as police fear asylum-seeking boyfriend fled country: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s take that down,\u201d McBride answered.<\/p>\n<p>Twiggs\u2019 and Robinson\u2019s romance blossomed after they became roommates in St. George, Utah, roughly three hours from the scene of Kirk\u2019s death, Twiggs said in his testimony.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the murder trial of Charlie Kirk\u2019s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prosecutors reveal trans sex joke engraved in ammo that allegedly killed Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chilling text from Tyler Robinson to trans lover boasts about gun doing \u2018just fine\u2019 after he allegedly killed Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alleged Charlie Kirk killer\u2019s trans lover reveals moment he tearfully confessed to the shooting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika Kirk cries as judge decides to withhold parts of police video of Tyler Robinson\u2019s trans lover Lance Twiggs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robinson takes on a more flippant tone in text messages he allegedly sent to Twiggs after the killing \u2014 in which he seems to brag about his grandfather\u2019s rifle and joke about memes he engraved on shell casings.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s widow Erika had pushed for as much evidence as possible to be broadcast to the public, hoping to quell speculation and conspiracy theories about the death of the Turning Point USA founder.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing will enter its fifth and final day on Friday, after which Judge Graf will rule on whether Robinson\u2019s case can go to trial.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4113\">Air Force revokes 135 promotions after grading error in test: \u2018Hard for everyone\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robinson has not yet entered a plea. 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