PROVO, Utah — His absence from his own hearing left the courtroom with more empty seats than answers.

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus earlier this month, returned to court Monday , sort of. He attended the hearing over a remote feed without video.

Robinson is due back for another hearing on Oct. 30, after his defense team, led by Kathy Nester, asked for more time to decide whether they would force an evidentiary hearing in the case against their client.

Two new names added to his team were announced during the hearing, attorneys Michael N. Burt and Richard G. Novak, both from California.

Prosecutors said they had begun handing over discovery materials to the defense. They raised a question about the wording of a gag order

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