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Utah taxpayers are on the hook for Charlie Kirk 's alleged assassin's defense team, which has the potential to reach eight figures, criminal defense attorneys told Fox News Digital.

After the shooting on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Kirk was taken to a hospital in critical condition, where he died, officials said. Tyler Robinson was charged with aggravated murder, two counts of obstruction of justice and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, two counts of witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.

Kathryn Nester , a former federal public defender with more than 30 years of experience, was appointed to be Robinson's attorney on Wednesday,

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