President Donald Trump is calling for a swift trial for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Trump’s comments Friday came one day after attorneys for Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, filed a motion urging the court to schedule her late husband’s murder trial at the earliest practicable date.
“The judge in the Charlie Kirk case is doing a terrible job!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday. “This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with!”
Trump went on to criticize the judge overseeing the case, arguing that the proceedings have dragged on unnecessarily.
“The judge is desecrating the memory of the Great Charlie Kirk, while taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to,” he wrote. “The whole Country is mocking him and our ‘Legal’ System. JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE!”
Robinson’s defense team has requested a trial date in the third quarter of 2029, citing the extensive evidence that must be reviewed and the time needed to prepare its defense. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have proposed an Oct. 4, 2027, deadline.
In a motion filed Thursday evening, Erika Kirk’s attorneys argued that the defense’s proposed timeline was “grossly out of line” with the schedules in comparable cases. They asked the court to begin the trial at the earliest practicable date in 2027, preferably by the deadline proposed by prosecutors.
The dispute over scheduling puts the court at the center of competing demands for a timely resolution and adequate preparation in a case that could result in the death penalty.
Robinson has pleaded not guilty to seven state charges, including aggravated murder, in connection with the fatal shooting of Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA. Kirk was murdered on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Aggravated murder is a capital felony in Utah, and Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted.
Erika Kirk calls 2029 trial date for Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer ‘grossly out of line’
The defense has argued that the complexity of the case and the volume of evidence make a more distant trial date necessary to ensure adequate preparation. The prosecution’s proposed schedule would bring the case to trial roughly two years after Kirk’s killing, while the defense’s requested timeline would push proceedings nearly four years after the shooting.
The judge overseeing the case is scheduled to consider trial scheduling during a hearing Friday afternoon in Provo, Utah. The hearing could determine whether the court moves toward the prosecution’s proposed 2027 timeline or accommodates the defense’s request for a substantially later date.