Caroline Polisi Analyzes Critical Evidence in Tyler Robinson Murder Case: Roommate's Immunity Deal and Confession Details

[00:00] We're expecting to hear portions of

[00:01] police interviews with the roommate of

[00:03] the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk

[00:05] today. Prosecutors revealed yesterday

[00:08] that Lance Twiggs was given immunity for

[00:10] speaking with investigators. They plan

[00:12] to play those clips in court in an

[00:14] effort to convince the judge that

[00:16] Robinson should in fact go to trial.

[00:18] We're joined now by CBS News legal

[00:19] contributor Caroline Polisi here in

[00:21] studio to discuss this. Caroline, good

[00:23] morning. Um, why is this video of the

[00:25] interview so significant in this

[00:27] hearing?

[00:28] >> Yeah, and actually a good portion of

[00:29] yesterday's hearing was spent with the

[00:32] prosecution and the defense arguing over

[00:34] not only the actual admission of this

[00:36] evidence, but whether or not the press

[00:38] would be able to view it because from

[00:40] the defense's perspective, they say that

[00:43] just playing this audio and or video of

[00:47] Tyler Robinson's roommate/romantic

[00:49] partner Lance Twiggs, that that itself

[00:52] is going to impede upon his Fourth

[00:54] Amendment right to get a fair trial,

[00:55] that it's going to taint the jury pool.

[00:57] They even talked about it as what the

[01:00] prosecution is going to characterize as

[01:03] an admission, a confession. And so, what

[01:06] Lance Twiggs did was in lieu of

[01:09] testifying at this preliminary hearing,

[01:12] he recorded this video tape um

[01:15] interview for law enforcement officers.

[01:18] And I think we're also uh interested in

[01:22] seeing it because it supposedly it

[01:25] includes him describing how Tyler

[01:28] Robinson confessed to this crime.

[01:29] >> Now, as you're speaking, we're seeing

[01:31] security camera footage of the suspect

[01:33] the day of the shooting, but prosecutors

[01:35] also shared video of Robinson the day he

[01:37] turned himself in. What stands out in

[01:40] that video? Why is that interesting?

[01:41] >> Yeah, that's really interesting because

[01:43] we saw the video of the alleged shooter

[01:46] on the day of the crime, as you noted.

[01:49] And in this video of Tyler Robinson

[01:52] turning himself in to police, he's

[01:54] wearing the same clothes, that maroon

[01:56] t-shirt you'll see, and the Converse

[01:58] sneakers. So, that is really crucial

[02:00] when you're trying to link, you know,

[02:02] who actually committed this crime with

[02:04] when he turned himself in.

[02:06] >> The the belief, I think you had hinted

[02:08] at this previously, is that look, this

[02:09] is going to trial. That there's there's

[02:11] an overwhelming amount of evidence, but

[02:12] do we know when the judge will make that

[02:14] decision?

[02:14] >> Oh, he has been very clear that he wants

[02:17] to make the decision by Friday. He's

[02:18] only allotted these five days. It's slow

[02:21] going though, Errol. I mean, there's so

[02:22] many fights over the admission of

[02:24] evidence. I hope we can get it finished

[02:26] by Friday, but at the rate it's going, I

[02:28] I don't know.

[02:29] >> Okay, stay close. Don't go too far away.

[02:31] Caroline Polisi, great to have you here.