A Smirking Tyler Robinson Talked About Erika Kirk In Court, Lip Reader Says

The man on trial for the assassination of 31-year-old conservative commentator Charlie Kirk allegedly talked about the fatal shooting and Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, while appearing in court this week.

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old alleged assassin, said to someone on his defense team that he thinks about the shooting “every morning” and noted Kirk was married while appearing to smile, a deaf woman and professional lip reader named Nicola Hickling claims, the New York Post reported.

“I think about the shooting daily,” Robinson allegedly said. “Every morning … all the time…”

“So, he had a wife,” a smiling Robinson allegedly said.

NEW: Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson said he thinks about the shooting “every day,” according to a lip-reading analysis reported on by the New York Post.

The lip-reading analysis was done by deaf professional lip reader Nicola Hickling, according to the outlet.

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The suspect also allegedly said that he’s “smoking a lot” and “not sleeping at night.”

“It’s driving me mental,” he said, according to Hickling. “Unfortunately, it’s doing my head in. I’m not good for anything.”

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Robinson was arrested in September and is facing a slew of charges related to Kirk’s murder, including aggravated murder, felony use of a firearm, and obstruction of justice. Robinson has not yet entered a plea.

Some on social media commented generally on Robinson’s body language and frequent smiling and smirking in court.

Conservative Jack Posobiec, a close friend of Kirk’s, posted on X: “Tyler Robinson’s lawyers are begging to get the cameras out because they can’t stop their sick client from smirking and grinning in the courtroom.”

Tyler Robinson’s lawyers are begging to get the cameras out because they can’t stop their sick client from smirking and grinning in the courtroom

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) December 12, 2025

As highlighted by The Daily Wire, the Utah judge in the case, Tony Graf, Jr., ruled on Thursday that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial, though they will be located away from the table of Robinson and his legal team.

Related: Why I Don’t Buy The Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories