During a Sept. 1 preliminary hearing for the defendant accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, the defendant's attorney, Richard Novak, accused Kirk of "speaking hatefully of certain groups of people. He spoke hatefully of people who don't have traditional, nonconforming gender identities. He spoke hatefully of people who are not strictly heterosexual. He spoke hatefully of people who have sexual relationships out of marriage."

Despite this attempt to blame the victim for the violence perpetrated against him, Novak then sought to argue that the state of Utah "has utterly failed to prove that there is a particular political expression that Mr. Robinson (the alleged killer) took issue with."

According to a text message released by prosecutors, Tyler Robinson told his boyfriend that he killed Kirk and justified it by saying, "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out."

Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander strongly rebutted Novak's line of argument. Kirk "had an opinion that he would........

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