(Provo) The prosecutor announces asking the capital punishment against Tyler Robinson for the assassination of Charlie Kirk, shortly after he was formally charged.
Tyler Robinson is targeted by seven charges, including that of Assassination, “to have intentionally or knowingly caused Charlie Kirk’s death in circumstances that resulted in a great risk of death for other people,” said UTAH County prosecutor at a press conference.
Without waiting for details on the motivations of the alleged murderer and while no accomplice is known at this stage, the Trump administration accused the left of having influenced its gesture and announced its intention to classify the anti -fascist movement as an interior “terrorist” organization.
Photo office of the Governor of Utah, provided by the France-Presse agency
Tyler Robinson is suspected of having murdered the ultra -conservative influencer Charlie Kirk
Thirty-three hours after the shot that killed Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson was arrested, denounced by his father who recognized him on images broadcast by the police.
If he does not cooperate with the authorities since his arrest, his alleged involvement is confirmed by the correspondence between traces of DNA taken from the crime location and that of Tyler Robinson, Kash Patel announced on Monday.
The director of the FBI also mentioned a word that the alleged murderer would have left before taking action. “The suspect wrote, basically,” I have the opportunity to eliminate Charlie Kirk, and I will seize her “.
“Inner terrorism”
Charlie Kirk was murdered on Wednesday of a bullet in the neck while he was hosting a debate on a university campus in Utah, in the west of the country, a drama which underlined the deep American political fractures.
This 31 -year -old figure from the 31 -year -old right used his millions of subscribers on social networks and his interventions in universities to defend Donald Trump and disseminate his nationalist, Christian and traditionalist ideas on the family with youth.
The American president, who owes a lot to Charlie Kirk for his victory against Kamala Harris last November, was quick to denounce the rhetoric of the “radical left” accused of being, at least in part, responsible for the assassination.
Vice-President JD Vance repeated these attacks on Monday by animating himself, under the gold houses, the broom hitherto held by Charlie Kirk. He assured that many, on the left, “develop a climate in which such things will necessarily happen. »»
“It is a vast movement of internal terrorism,” went so far as to say Stephen Miller, close advisor to Donald Trump, promising to do everything to “uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks. »»
The American president will attend a tribute ceremony on Sunday to Charlie Kirk organized in an Arizona stadium.