A still photographer from Deseret News will have access to Friday’s hearing for Tyler Robinson. A video crew will not.
Judge Tony Graf set that boundary in a new order covering the October 23, 2026 session in the case against Robinson, the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk.
The order spells out who may photograph, watch remotely and record the proceeding, and who may not.
The order starts with video. Graf wrote that media outlets never asked to stream the hearing, and that no streaming “is authorized by this order.”
Deseret News asked for something narrower: still photography access.
Graf approved that request in an order dated October 2, 2026, which the court docketed as number 756.
His newest ruling carries that approval forward.
The judge wrote that the earlier order “is CONFIRMED for the October 23, 2026 trial-setting hearing, subject to the existing requirements identified below.”
Graf then addressed audio and video together.
The order states: “No media video or audio coverage was requested or is authorized by this order. Court-provided remote access under paragraph 7 is separately authorized.”
Paragraph seven governs remote attendance. It lets certain people join Friday’s hearing from outside the courtroom and attaches provisions to that permission.
Those provisions come with a restriction.
Paragraph seven states: “This remote-access authorization does not permit media broadcasting or recording. All other participants’ manner of appearance remains unchanged.”
The order names two sources of remote participation. Graf granted a request from Burt to attend the hearing remotely.
Erika Kirk has the same option. The ruling says she, her attorney, or both may attend by remote connection.
The court will handle the technology.
According to the order, Burt and Kirk will receive connection information ahead of the hearing, and the link will run through a “Judicial Council-approved platform.”
Graf also wrote instructions for a dropped connection.
The order says: “Before deciding a matter requiring Mr. Burt’s participation or implicating an applicable victim’s right to be heard, the court shall address any reported connection failure on the record and determine an appropriate means of proceeding.”
Under that language, the court must stop and put any reported connection problem on the record before it decides certain matters.
The provision covers matters that require Burt’s participation or involve an applicable victim’s right to be heard.
Friday’s proceeding is a trial-setting hearing. It is the first court date in the Robinson case since Graf ruled in September that Robinson must stand trial.
That September ruling came on September 1. Graf found at the time that prosecutors had established probable cause, the standard that allows a case to move toward trial.
The charges stem from the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk. Robinson responded to the probable cause finding by pleading not guilty to all counts.
Taken together, the order sets the terms for Friday.
Deseret News may take still photographs. Burt and Kirk may attend remotely through a court-approved platform. Nobody may broadcast or record the hearing.
Robinson returns to court on Friday under those rules.
