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Two Florida Atlantic University faculty members returned to work Tuesday after a university investigation concluded that comments they made about Charlie Kirk were protected speech.

Karen Leader, an associate professor of art history, and Rebel Cole, an eminent scholar in the College of Business, have resumed their full duties after two months of administrative leave, according to an FAU spokesperson.

The two faculty members, along with a third, English professor Kate Polak, had been placed on administrative leave with pay in September while the university hired an outside attorney to investigate complaints about their remarks on social media following Kirk’s assassination. While Leader and Polak were investigated over comments they made aime

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