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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Judge in Charlie Kirk shooter case appears to warn Trump as he says he won’t ‘put finger on scale of justice’

The judge overseeing the Charlie Kirk shooting case appeared to address mounting political pressure, including that from President Donald Trump and other members of his administration, during a hearing Monday.

Tyler Robinson, 22, allegedly shot the right-wing youth activist as he spoke at a college campus in Orem, Utah September 10. Kirk, 31, was pronounced dead soon after been hit once in the neck with a bullet from a high-powered rifle, shot from a sniper’s perch.

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