President Trump lambasted a Utah judge on Friday for allowing the murder trial of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to drag out on an extended timeline.
'The judge in the Charlie Kirk case is doing a terrible job! This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with!' Trump wrote on social media.
The president addressed the ongoing legal battle as District Court Judge Tony Graf weighs a decision to postpone the trial as requested by the defense for Kirk's accused murderer Tyler Robinson.
Trump expressed his disappointment with the judicial hesitation in the trial, even though a final decision on timing for the trial has not been announced.
The defense has requested for jury selection to start in the latter part of the year 2029, citing the years worth of evidence to sort through on top of a high-profile jury selection process.
Kirk was assassinated on September 10, 2025, while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31.
Erika Kirk's lawyers have asked that the trial take place as early as 2027.
Graf is expected to set a trial schedule on Friday afternoon.
Erika Kirk leaves the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo, Utah after a court hearing for Tyler Robinson
Donald Trump weighs in on potential trial delay
An image of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk is placed at a memorial in his honour, at Utah Valley University
Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, sits beside defense attorney Kathryn Nester
'The judge is desecrating the memory of the Great Charlie Kirk, while taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to,' Trump wrote.
'The whole Country is mocking him and our "Legal" System. Justice for Charlie!'
'Every additional day of delay carries the weight of all that Charlie's murder has taken from his family, especially his two young children who were just three and one year old when their father was murdered and would be seven and five years old by the time a verdict is handed down under the Defense's proposed schedule,' the motion filed by Kirk's lawyers reads.
Robinson's legal team argued that rushing the trial could do both sides a disservice.
Attendees watch a video showing slain activist Charlie Kirk, on the first anniversary of Kirk's assassination on September 10
Charlie Kirk's parents, Robert W. Kirk and Kathryn Kirk, arrive for a court hearing of Tyler Robinson,
'It will create unrealistic expectations for the public and the victim's representative, it may cause counsel for both parties to give short shrift to constitutionally required activities, it may rush this Court to deliberate upon and enter rulings on important and complex pretrial motions, and it may jeopardize Mr. Robinson's right to a capital proceeding that has the utmost reliability,' they wrote.
In September, Robinson pleaded not guilty to all counts, including aggravated murder.
Prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty for Robinson.
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