John Yoo, the UC-Berkeley law professor who worked in the Department of Justice under President George W. Bush, appeared on FOX News this weekend to offer legal analysis on the strategy of Tyler Robinson’s defense team.
Robinson’s lawyers are trying to disqualify the entire prosecution team.
The Associated Press has details:
Defendant in Charlie Kirk’s killing asks judge to disqualify prosecutorsThe Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday, as his attorneys sought to disqualify prosecutors because the daughter of a deputy county attorney involved in the case attended the rally where Kirk was shot.Defense attorneys say the relationship represents a conflict of interest after prosecutors said they intend to seek the death penalty for Tyler Robinson.Robinson, 22, is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, just a few miles north of the Provo courthouse. He has not yet entered a plea.The director of a state council that trains prosecutors said he doubted the disqualification attempt would succeed, and he was unaware of any major case where attorneys had been disqualified for bias…The prosecutor’s 18-year-old daughter, who attended the event where Kirk was shot, later texted her father in the Utah County Attorney’s Office to describe the chaotic aftermath, according to court filings and testimony. She did not see the shooting but heard a loud pop, according to an affidavit submitted by prosecutors.Robinson’s attorneys say the close connection between the prosecution team and a person present for Kirk’s killing “raises serious concerns about past and future prosecutorial decision-making,” according to court documents. They also argue that the “rush” to seek the death penalty is evidence of “strong emotional reactions” by the prosecution and merits disqualification of the entire team.
In the clip below, Yoo suggests that this might have been an effort by the defense to buy time, but says that it is unlikely to succeed. He also says that Robinson has ‘no chance of winning,’ considering the strength of the evidence against him.
Watch the whole thing below:
This case is going to be watched very closely. People across the country are going to demand justice for Charlie Kirk. As proof of that, I’ll leave you with this tweet from Senator Mike Lee of Utah.
Featured image via YouTube.
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