Charlie Kirk’s accused killer is about to stand trial.

What happened in the courtroom will leave you speechless,

And one word at Charlie Kirk’s murder trial hit Erika like a gut punch.

Defense Lawyer Crosses the Line

The preliminary hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder trial wrapped up with the judge in the case ruling that the prosecution presented enough evidence for accused assassin Tyler Robinson to stand trial on all seven charges, including First Degree Murder – which opens the door for the death penalty if a jury convicts Robinson.

During the hearing, Robinson’s lawyer Richard Novak accused Kirk of speaking “hatefully” of transgenders.

“Mr. Kirk spoke hatefully of certain groups of people,” Novak stated.

Robinson is a pro-transgender leftist, and the prosecution intends to argue that Robinson killed Kirk for political reasons.

Criminal defense attorney David Gelman appeared on Fox News and took issue with Novak smearing Kirk’s character and implying that Kirk had it coming.

“I think what the defense attorney said regarding Charlie Kirk and that he was full of hate, that was so unprofessional,” Gelman stated. “That was so out of left field that he honestly — he should be embarrassed of what he said.”

“You don’t ever, and I mean ever, say that, No. 1, as a defense attorney or a prosecutor, especially not even at a trial,” Gelman said. “If you want to paint Charlie as a bad person in front of the jury, knock your socks off. Do whatever you think you have to do. But to do that at a preliminary hearing…when you have the victim’s family all there, that was totally uncalled for.”

Chief Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander

“The state takes great exception with Mr. Novak attributing all of this ‘hate’ to Mr. Kirk during his argument today,” Grunander said in his rebuttal. “None of what was presented during the preliminary hearing [shows] that he is hateful towards this group or hateful towards that group. He had an opinion that he would express on politics and religion. That doesn’t make it hate, but the fact that Mr. Novak even considered as hate makes the case for the state in his client’s own words, he hated what Mr. Kirk stood for.”

“Charlie was the opposite of hate,” he said. “Firing a bullet into a crowd and assassinating him. That is hate.”

“Why did I do it?” Robinson allegedly wrote to Twiggs after the slaying. “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence.”

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