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How much did Charlie Kirk's memorial cost? This is the shocking amount Trump admin spent

How much did Charlie Kirk's memorial cost? This is the shocking amount Trump admin spent

Image from the memorial Photograph: (AFP)

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As per the TMZ report, the  Secret Service hired ARCUS Group, LLC, a full-service event management and disaster relief aid organisation. The organisation paid $2,677,416.19 to guard the memorial's perimeter at Glendale.

 

Donald Trump's close aide, Charlie Kirk, was shot dead in Utah on September 12. In his memory, the Trump administration held a memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21. Now, as per a fresh report, the memorial might have cost the American taxpayers a huge amount. TMZ cited data saying that the US Secret Service paid millions to an event firm to secure the perimeter.

As per the TMZ report, the Secret Service hired ARCUS Group, LLC, a full-service event management and disaster relief aid organisation. The organisation paid $2,677,416.19 to guard the memorial's perimeter at Glendale.

In Kirk's assassination, a 22-year-old college student, Tyler Robinson, was arrested as the suspect. He has been charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, aggravated murder, criminal discharge of a handgun causing serious bodily injury, two counts of witness tampering, and committing a violent offence while a child was present.

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