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The grand jury heard the case against James in Alexandria, Virginia, two sources told Fox News, after a separate grand jury declined to indict James in Norfolk last week.
A judge dismissed the initial case against James after finding that the prosecutor who brought the case, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed as U.S. attorney.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
Bill Mears, Jake Gibson and David Spunt contributed to this report.
As Charlie Kirk’s accused killer prepares for court, judge considers whether to let media cameras roll
Having just passed the three-month mark since Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated while speaking to a crowd of students at Utah Valley University, Kirk’s accused killer is set to appear in court in person for the first time.
Tyler Robinson, charged with aggravated murder and several related charges, and his lawyers are set to appear in court on Thursday.
‘This is something that could impact generations to come.’
Robinson’s legal team and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office have asked Judge Tony Graf to limit the media’s presence in the case, according to the Associated Press. In fact, they have requested a ban on cameras in the courtroom.
Legal analyst and California-based trial attorney Roger Bonakdar pointed out to Fox News that information access has shifted dramatically as the case has progressed.
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“When they first arrested Tyler Robinson, the information tap was at full blast,” he said. “They told us that they had audio recordings from Tyler Robinson and a purported confession. They told us that there was video footage from a local fast-food restaurant. They were very, very almost oversharing in the beginning.”
But that “oversharing” has ended, Bonakdar continued: “Now they’ve shut that tap off, and they’re saying you can’t even come to court and hear about what we’re doing when most of it’s probably procedural.”
Many media outlets and high-profile figures have pushed back against the closed-door proceedings and advocated for greater transparency in the case.
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow and now-CEO of Turning Point USA, has advocated to keep news cameras in the courtroom, noting that she, her family, and TPUSA have all been under intense scrutiny since her husband’s brutal public execution.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” she told Fox News’ Jesse Watters in an interview last month. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there.”
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Erika Kirk added. “This is something that could impact generations to come.”
The tension lies between a heavily invested public’s desire for new information in a very high-profile case and preserving a fair trial for the accused.
The judge has ordered that Thursday’s hearing be held in person and open to the public to the greatest extent possible. Judge Graf has also ordered that no information may be disclosed from Robinson’s October 24 virtual proceeding, which reportedly determined that Robinson could wear plain clothes during court appearances but must also wear restraints because of security concerns.
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Jasmine Crockett dared anyone to find examples of Democrats championing violence — and the GOP delivered
Days after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) did her apparent best on “The Breakfast Club” radio show to downplay the link between Democrats’ incendiary rhetoric and political violence.
Crockett said, “Me disagreeing with you, me calling you ‘wannabe Hitler,’ all those things are not necessarily saying, ‘Go out and hurt somebody.'”
“I literally have never said anything to invoke violence,” claimed Crockett. “I challenge somebody to go and find a clip of a Democrat invoking violence.”
‘Not only are we gonna punch back, but we about to beat you down.’
The Republican Party has finally obliged Crockett, providing her with a compilation of various instances where Democrats made remarks that could be construed as calls for or rationalizations of political violence.
The video, released in the wake of Crockett’s announcement on Monday that she is running for a U.S. Senate seat, includes 20 provocative statements from Democrats including:
- former Biden Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s September 2024 remark to liberal talking head Mika Brzezinski, “Let’s extinguish him for good,” referring to President Donald Trump. Brzezinski pressed Raimondo for clarification, asking, “And ‘extinguish,’ you mean vote him out?” to which Raimondo said, “Yes, absolutely. Vote him out. Banish him from American politics.”
- California Rep. Maxine Waters’ suggestion to a mob in June 2018, “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up, and if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out, and you create a crowd, and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (N.Y.) suggestion to fellow travelers in January that when it comes to the Trump agenda, “We are going to fight it legislatively, we are going to fight it in the courts, and we’re going to fight it in the streets.”
- California Rep. Eric Swalwell’s suggestion to CNN in August that “when they go low, we are going to bury them below the Capitol.”
- U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s assertion in August that when it comes to “Trump and his ghouls,” “when they go low, we don’t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.”
- The August 2020 suggestion by Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who is one of the 58 Democrats who voted against a resolution condemning Charlie Kirk’s assassination, that “there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives.”
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s suggestion on a podcast in August that “we’re fighting fire with fire, and we’re going to punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.” Newsom was referring to Republicans whom he suggested moments earlier were radicals working to rig the 2026 midterm elections.
- California Rep. Derek Tran’s suggestion in August, “It’s time for us as a party to get together and fight back, punch back, and make sure that they stay down. And you know what? Kick them when they’re down because they deserve it.”
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The Republican compilation also included some of Crockett’s own best hits.
One of the excerpts in the compilation was taken from Crockett’s March interview with KXAS-TV’s Phil Prazan where she said that in order to win an election in Texas, “You punch. I think you punch. I think you’re OK with — you OK with punching.”
In the same interview, Crockett referenced former Rep. Colin Allred’s electoral defeat last year by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and suggested the Democrat should have been more combative with his Republican opponent, saying, “I mean, like, this dude [Cruz] has to be knocked over the head, like, hard, right. Like, there is no niceties with him — like, at all. Like, you go clean off on him.”
Crockett — who has rooted for foreign nations engaged in trade disputes with the U.S.; told radicals that Elon Musk must be “taken down” amid firebombs; characterized Republican voters as stupid; issued racist remarks; mocked the handicapped; and dubbed the commander in chief “an enemy to the United States” — had another instance of violent rhetoric featured in the GOP’s compilation.
The second excerpt, taken from a press conference in August, shows Crockett say, “I am here to tell you: Not only are we gonna punch back, but we about to beat you down.”
NOTUS reported this week that the National Republican Senatorial Committee “has actively worked behind the scenes to encourage Rep. Jasmine Crockett to jump into the Senate Democratic primary in Texas, believing she will be the easiest opponent to beat.”
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