Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Transcript (Day 5 Part 2) (10/22/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Oct 22, 2026 · 12m · transcript

Day five of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on the defense effort to weaken the prosecution’s DNA evidence. The defense called ATF DNA Section Chief Caitlin Oliver, who had performed testing on evidence including the rifle prosecutors said was used to kill Charlie Kirk and a Dremel tool recovered from Robinson’s home. Oliver acknowledged that DNA testing could not establish when or how genetic material had been deposited on an object, that secondary transfer was possible and that some of the evidence contained mixtures from multiple people. She also testified that several…