Michael Burt, Tyler Robinson's Veteran Death-Penalty Defense Attorney

Showing 16 Michael Burt videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Michael Burt is one of the attorneys representing Tyler Robinson, the man charged with capital murder in Charlie Kirk's killing, joining Utah-based counsel Katherine Nester and fellow California attorney Richard Novak on the defense team. Burt brings decades of capital-case experience to the role, most notably as one of the attorneys who represented Erik and Lyle Menendez, and commentators including Megyn Kelly and legal analysts Mark Geragos and Arthur Aidala have pointed to that history as a sign the defense intends to contest the case seriously rather than concede early. Court appearances covered here show Burt and his co-counsel navigating the practical scale of a death-penalty prosecution: requesting more time to review what prosecutors have called a voluminous amount of discovery, appearing alongside Robinson at hearings where the court entered orders admitting Burt to practice in Utah for the case, and taking part in disputes over how much of the proceedings, including a sealed October hearing, the public and press should be allowed to see. Utah taxpayers are funding the defense, a detail several commentators have noted given the scale of the case and the seniority of the attorneys assembled to handle it.