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Charlie Kirk's family says security failures by Utah officials led to his assassination

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Charlie Kirk's family is blaming Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist's assassination at a state university. The accusation was made in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit from members of Kirk's family.

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