Kirk family confronts accused assassin at preliminary hearing as evidence presented

In a Provo courtroom, the machinery of justice began its slow, deliberate work as Tyler Robinson, a 23-year-old man, sat impassive before evidence of the act that ended Charlie Kirk's life last September. The preliminary hearing — the law's way of asking whether a trial is warranted — unfolded before a judge, grieving family, and a gallery that reflected how thoroughly this killing had escaped the boundaries of the local and become a symbol in a larger cultural struggle. What the week will ultimately determine is not guilt, but whether the weight of evidence is sufficient to carry this case to