Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organisation Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump, would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the highest US civilian honor – posthumously.

Addressing a ceremony at the Pentagon marking the September 11, 2001 attacks, Trump had announced, “I’m pleased to announce that I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously , the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The date of the ceremony will be announced, and I can only guarantee you one thing, that we will have a very big crowd.”

Charlie Kirk, 31, was speaking at an outdoor event at a university in Utah when a single shot was fired from a nearby building, killing him instantly. The shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested days later after his

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