Secret Service Paid Millions to Secure Charlie Kirk’s Memorial

Charlie Kirk‘s memorial price taxpayers a fairly penny to maintain secure … ‘trigger we have discovered the United States Secret Service paid an occasion firm tens of millions to safe the perimeter.

We’ve obtained paperwork that present the Secret Service paid ARCUS Group, LLC — a full-service occasion administration and catastrophe aid help firm — was paid $2,677,416.19 to guard the perimeter of the ceremony at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

ARCUS has expertise with perimeter safety at high-profile occasions. Their web site touts their previous perimeter safety jobs which embrace President Donald Trump‘s 2021 inauguration … so, clearly the administration feels assured within the companies they supply.

Kirk’s funeral clearly wanted heightened safety … happening lower than two weeks after Kirk was shot within the neck and killed throughout a Utah talking engagement. Tyler Robinson — a 22-year-old faculty pupil — was arrested and charged with murder in reference to the crime.

President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Elon Musk, Charlie’s widow Erika and plenty of extra high-profile people attended the ceremony … additional proving the necessity for a heavy safety presence.

Trump even spoke on the occasion, ripping into Jimmy Kimmel on the time after his present was quickly suspended following feedback he made about Kirk’s alleged killer.