Law enforcement tapes off an area on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday, September 10, in Orem, Utah. Tess Crowley/AP

Fake photos. False claims. Wild conspiracy theories.

The public murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, captured in gruesome footage that spread around the world, has set off an avalanche of misinformation. Bogus assertions have been spread on social media by Americans across the political divide and by foreign adversaries .

Prominent members of President Donald Trump’s administration, meanwhile, have made conspiratorial statements that can’t currently be called false – the investigation into the killing continues, and more information might well emerge – but that go far beyond the evidence that has so far been made public.

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