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Trump Awards Posthumous Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk as U.S. Revokes Visas Over Online Comments on Killing

The moves extend a promised crackdown linking visa eligibility to online praise for violence.

Overview

  • At a Rose Garden ceremony, Erika Kirk accepted the nation’s highest civilian honor for her husband on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
  • President Trump praised Kirk as a martyr for freedom and denounced what he called radical left violence during the event.
  • The State Department said it revoked visas of at least six people from Germany, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Paraguay for celebrating or rationalizing the killing online.
  • Officials indicated more identifications and revocations could follow as they review social media activity tied to the case.
  • Utah prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with murder in the Sept. 10 shooting at Utah Valley University, a case that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.