Defense Tries To Stall Justice For Charlie Kirk With Last-Minute Legal Tricks

“While the second person in line was speaking with Charlie, I was looking around the crowd when I heard a loud sound, like a pop. Someone yelled, ‘he’s been shot.’” — Affidavit from the prosecutor’s child

The defense argues that this proximity turns the prosecutor from a neutral officer of the law into a “victim’s parent,” potentially clouding their judgment on plea deals, evidence, or sentencing.

Prosecutors Push Back

The State argues this is a stretch. They emphasize that the child in question is an adult, not a minor, and crucially, they did not actually witness the shooting or identify the shooter. They were simply part of the large crowd.

From the prosecution’s perspective, mere proximity doesn’t equal bias. They maintain there is no ethical breach that requires them to step down. The judge’s decision to move forward suggests the court is skeptical of the delay tactics, but the final ruling on whether the prosecutor’s office stays or goes is still looming.