
by Anthony Blair at New York Post
Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin will be charged with capital murder Tuesday — starting an expected drive to see him executed by firing squad.
The charges against Tyler Robinson, 22, are set to be announced at 2 p.m. ET, three hours before his first virtual court appearance set for 5 p.m., prosecutors said.
Robinson held “leftist ideology” and was “radicalized” online in the last few years, according to prosecutors accusing him of murdering Kirk, 31, while he debated students at Utah Valley University last Wednesday.
President Trump and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox have both signalled clear intentions to see Kirk’s killer face execution.
“I hope he gets the death penalty,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” on Friday as he first announced that a suspect had been nabbed.
“In Utah, they have the death penalty. And you have a very good governor there. The governor, I’ve gotten to know him, the governor is very intent on the death penalty in this case, and he should be,” he said.
That governor,…