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What Tyler Robinson's defense wants hidden and why prosecutors and media say no in court

Utah prosecutors and a broad coalition of media organizations are pushing back against attempts by alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s defense to shield court filings from public view, arguing there's no justification for the secrecy.

Prosecutors argued that Robinson's defense has failed to both justify secretive filings and to explain how their public release would violate his right to a fair trial in the assassination of the Turning Point USA founder. They wrote that the remedy for the defense's concerns should be part of jury selection, not secret pre-trial filings.

"Given Defendant's inadequate justification for restricting access to his motion, and the existence of these 'reasonable ways to ensure a fair trial' despite pre-trial publicity, Defendant has not rebutted the presumption that the public should have access to his motion," Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard wrote to the judge last week.

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For the media group, which includes Fox News along with other national and local outlets, the constitutional arguments largely weigh the First Amendment rights of the public as a whole against Robinson's right to a fair trial.

Lawyers for the media coalition have argued they are being forced to guess what evidence the defense wants excluded, because the underlying motion was filed under seal on Jan. 9. This creates confusion for the public, they warned.

According to defense filings, the public’s right of access is not absolute, while Robinson's right to a fair trial is. They want their 200-page motion to block news cameras to the courtroom classified, arguing that its undisclosed contents could unfairly prejudice the jury pool against their client.

"My take is that the defendant’s efforts to keep things under wraps is doomed," said Royal Oakes, a media attorney and legal analyst who successfully convinced a California judge to televise the OJ Simpson murder trial in the 1990s. "Not every document, snippet of testimony, or fact is automatically open to the public and press simply because it relates to a legal proceeding — but nearly everything is."

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The Supreme Court has found "pretrial publicity, even if pervasive and concentrated, cannot be regarded as leading automatically and in every kind of criminal case to an unfair trial," according to a filing from the prosecution.

"Any paperwork submitted by one of the parties supporting or opposing the sealing of documents, or the closing of court proceedings, or the approval or disapproval of cameras should absolutely be public documents," Oakes told Fox News Digital. "Transparency not only encourages people to do the right thing, it lets the public and the press push back if secrecy is unwarranted."

Robinson's defense has also taken issue with closeup video of his face, which they claimed was abused by "lip readers" to distort courtroom conversations, and is accusing the media of trying to "turn a profit at the expense of allowing this case to proceed as the Constitution requires—both public and fair."

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"The News Media uses their platforms to, for example, call for Mr. Robinson's death, to have 'body language experts' make irrelevant and entirely unscientific claims about Mr. Robinson's character, and to transmit video worldwide that is in clear violation of the Court's orders," the defense argued.

The media coalition pushed back hard against those claims, arguing the defense is misapplying outdated law. At least one of their arguments relies on a precedent that was effectively overruled, decades ago, by the Supreme Court, according to a filing from media lawyers.

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"The seven-to-one reversal of the closure order in Richmond Newspapers, relying entirely upon the First Amendment, represented an extraordinary reevaluation by, and realignment of, the Court on the issue of access," media attorneys wrote. "As a result, 'Gannett was effectively overruled within a year of its release.'"

Robinson is accused of fatally shooting Kirk from a rooftop during a public speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, back in September. According to previously released court filings from the prosecution, Robinson is believed to have spent about a week planning the murder and allegedly confessed to his lover, friends and his family.

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A text message exchange that prosecutors allege took place between Robinson and Lance Twiggs, the lover and roommate who is cooperating with investigators contains what appears to be an explicit confession:

"You weren’t the one who did it right????" Twiggs wrote.

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"I am, I’m sorry," Robinson allegedly replied.

Defense attorneys have not addressed the alleged exchange or responded to a number of Fox News Digital's requests for comment.

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He has not yet entered a plea, and prosecutors have not yet convinced the court of probable cause due to repeated postponements of his preliminary hearing and arraignment.

Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of the top charge against him, aggravated murder.

Separately, the defense is vying to have prosecutors kicked off the case over a purported conflict of interest. One of the deputy Utah County attorneys on the case had an adult child who was in the crowd at UVU during Kirk's murder.

Prosecutors have denied a conflict. Robinson is due back in court Tuesday afternoon for a continuation of a hearing on the matter. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray will return to the witness stand.

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'Produce Pete,' who taught millions to pick perfect fruits and vegetables, dies at 80

A beloved television personality who spent decades teaching viewers how to pick everything from the perfect pineapple to the juiciest tomatoes, drawing on lessons passed down from his Italian immigrant family, has died, according to reports.

Peter Napolitano, the New York–area TV personality known as "Produce Pete," died Jan. 26 at the age of 80 at a hospital in Paramus, New Jersey, his son confirmed to The New York Times. A cause of death was not specified.

For more than 30 years, Napolitano appeared on WNBC’s "Weekend Today in New York," delivering weekly segments built upon advice he learned from nearly a lifetime spent in the business.

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Born on Feb. 23, 1945, in Englewood, New Jersey, Napolitano grew up immersed in the produce trade. His father, an Italian immigrant and one of 20 children, started the family business. Napolitano began selling fruits and vegetables door to door with his dad at just 5 years old, according to the Times.

"I come from immigrant people," Napolitano said during a 2025 appearance on the TODAY Show. "My father came here from Italy. No education, no nothing. And then, you know, I got lucky 35 years ago when someone was in my store and put me on a local show."

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By the mid-1950s, the family was selling watermelons out of an empty lot in Bergenfield, New Jersey, before opening Napolitano’s Produce in 1959. Napolitano eventually took over the store in 1970 and ran it for decades, building it into a regional destination for fresh fruits and vegetables.

His television career began in 1989, when he was invited to discuss concerns about contaminated Chilean grapes on a local New York talk show. The appearance led to regular on-air segments and, eventually, his long-running role at WNBC starting in 1992, where he became known simply as "Produce Pete," a moniker he proudly embraced, NBC 4 New York reported.

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Napolitano emphasized simple rules for quality produce, advising viewers to choose fruits and vegetables that felt "heavy in the hand" and encouraging shoppers to embrace oddly shaped items, which he often said packed the most flavor. He told viewers to look for a deep golden color in pineapples as a sign of ripeness and taught them to lift pumpkins from the bottom, so the stems wouldn’t break.

Napolitano’s popularity extended well beyond local television. He was parodied on "The Daily Show," praised by comedian Tina Fey — who once told him, "You’re my Beyoncé" — and even recognized by actor Harrison Ford, according to the Times.

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He also wrote several books, including "Produce Pete’s Farmacopeia," a guide to choosing and preparing fruits and vegetables, and an autobiography published in 2023.

Napolitano retired from running the family store in the late 1990s but continued working in the produce industry as a broker and buyer while maintaining his television presence.

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NBC 4 New York remembered Napolitano as a beloved member of its station family, highlighting not just his practical advice but also the personal stories he shared about his upbringing and family.

Napolitano is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Bette" Napolitano, two children, seven grandchildren and several siblings, according to reports.

He famously signed off his segments with a message that also sums up his legacy: "If you eat right, you’re going to live right."

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Bombshell Census projections show Republicans could win White House without Rust Belt ‘Blue Wall’

New projections of the 2030 U.S. Census indicating a major shift of electoral votes from traditionally blue states to red states could be a "game changer" in the quadrennial battle between Democrats and Republicans for the presidency.

Left-leaning California, New York, and Illinois could lose a total of eight congressional seats due to sweeping population shifts this decade, with right-tilting Texas and Florida gaining eight seats, according to an analysis by the non-partisan Redistrict Network.

The findings, which are based on 2025 Census Bureau population estimates and data from previous years, were compiled by Carnegie Mellon University redistricting expert Dr. Jonathan Cervas and released on Tuesday.

Another projection, from the Republican-aligned American Redistricting Project, indicates Texas gaining four seats and Florida gaining two.

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The projections spell trouble for Democrats when it comes to the battle for the House majority next decade, after reapportionment based on the 2030 Census. But it would also be a major setback for them starting in the 2032 presidential election, because states' electoral votes are based in part on the number of their congressional seats.

"I think the Democrats are in a bit of an existential crisis when it comes to winning the White House," longtime Republican strategist David Kochel told Fox News Digital.

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Kochel, a veteran of numerous GOP presidential campaigns, said, "I think it’s right that there’s going to be an 8-10 electoral vote shift" from blue to red states.

"I would not want to be where the Democrats are," he emphasized. "The numbers don’t lie and the Democrats’ [electoral college] hill is getting steeper and steeper to climb."

Veteran Democratic pollster Chris Anderson agreed that if the Census projections become electoral reality, "it would be a major barrier for Democrats" in winning the White House.

Anderson, the longtime Democratic partner on the Fox News Poll, called it a potential "game changer."

Democrats reliably won the three working-class states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, known as the "blue wall" states, in presidential elections for nearly a quarter-century before President Donald Trump narrowly carried them in capturing the White House in 2016.

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Former President Joe Biden won all three states back in 2020 as he defeated Trump's bid for re-election.

But Trump swept the blue wall and the other four general election battlegrounds as he won back the White House in 2024.

Going forward next decade, if the Census projections take hold, winning the blue wall states won't put Democrats over the top in order to capture the White House.

"Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania won’t be enough. You going to have to put together a much broader coalition," Kochel said as he pointed to the Democrats. "They are going to have to readjust how they build their coalition so that they include more working-class voters, non-college voters. These are the voters that they lost, and they’re going to have to get them back."

And Kochel argued, "if you can’t put Florida in play, this thing is going to get away [from Democrats] and be much harder for them to be competitive nationally."

Anderson noted that in the race for the White House, "it’s all about the electoral math and when that changes, your equations change."

But Democrats say they're up to the task.

Pointing to the Census project, Democratic strategist Andrew Mamo told Fox News Digital, "it shows that our number one goal needs to be getting more competitive and winning in places where we’re not doing that right now."

"We cannot just sit on the same places we’ve counted on. We have to expand to places where the Democratic brand can be better," Mamo, a presidential campaign veteran, emphasized. 

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Stephen King compares ICE to Nazi Germany's Gestapo amid growing celebrity criticism

Liberal author Stephen King slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday.

"ICE is the American Gestapo," King wrote on X.

The Gestapo was also known as the "Secret State Police" of Nazi Germany, which was formed in 1933. It enforced Nazi law by arresting political opponents and targeted enemies without due process.

King, who has nearly seven million followers on X, has been a frequent critic of the Trump administration and vocal about his progressive politics. The author had previously said that future history books would portray President Donald Trump negatively and that Trump’s supporters would be quick to disassociate from him.

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King, most known for "The Shining" and "Carrie," did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Fox News Digital also reached out to ICE for comment, but did not immediately hear back. 

King was not the only artist to compare ICE to the Gestapo. While performing a show in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen expressed a similar sentiment, calling for ICE to "get the f--- out" of Minneapolis. 

"If you believe in democracy, in liberty, if you believe that truth still matters, that it’s worth speaking out, that it is worth fighting for, if you believe in the power of the law and no one stands above it, if you stand against heavily armed masked federal troops invading American cities and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president," Springsteen told the crowd, according to NJArts.net.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz compared ICE to the Gestapo as well. 

"Donald Trump's modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets," Walz said at the University of Minnesota Law School's graduation ceremony.

In light of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, several celebrities spoke out against ICE. Stars like Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Natasha Lyonne and others wore pins with slogans that read, "Be Good" and "ICE Out."

The "Be Good" pins were also seen on celebrities at the Golden Globes.

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Good was shot and killed during an encounter with the ICE officer earlier this month, after she allegedly swerved her car toward him. Since then, protests have erupted in Minneapolis and across the U.S. Local officials, such as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, have criticized the ICE officer's actions.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said the agent acted in self-defense, describing Good’s behavior before the shooting as "an act of domestic terrorism." 

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