India, Nov. 4 -- Utah County leaders are now busy navigating increasing costs, public frustration and media attention over the United States' obligation to pay for defense attorneys in the case against Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin. Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner, one of three elected county commissioners who oversee policy, operations and finances, said that Utah County has already had to spend "just over a quarter of a million dollars" on Robinson's case, according to Fox News. The figure is expected to double by the year's end, and might even reach around $5 million over the next year and a half, she added.

"Under the Constitution, we have a right to a competent defense," Powers Gardner said, per the outlet. "It ...