Erika Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, says she wishes to see cameras in the courtroom during the murder trial of the man charged with killing her husband at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) rally in Utah earlier this year.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” Kirk told Fox News host Jesse Watters during an exclusive interview set to air in full on Wednesday. “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.”
She pleaded, “We deserve to have cameras in there.”
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Watters had asked Kirk about defense attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, requesting cameras be banned from the court proceedings given its high-profile nature.
Videos taken at the scene at Utah Valley University that day show Kirk being struck in the neck by a single gunshot wound before he was rushed to the hospital where he later was pronounced dead.
Prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder and six other counts after he turned himself into police just days after Kirk was shot. Utah is seeking the death penalty.
“Why not be transparent?” Erika Kirk, who has taken the helm of TPUSA, said. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”
Robinson is due back in court in January. Kirk’s killing has sparked widespread debate about the temperature of political discourse in America and galvanized many on the right, including President Trump, who have accused liberals of emboldening people to commit acts of political violence.
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Kirk told Watters. “This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.”
