But amidst this massive effort to manipulate his image into martyrdom, the biggest voices on the right are exploiting Kirk’s death for their own agenda. And the Trump administration, almost from the moment Kirk’s death was announced by the president, has explicitly implemented a crackdown on civil liberties in his honor. In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing, it has quickly become apparent that the American right no longer has a shared framework for authority. In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing, it has quickly become apparent that the American right no longer has a shared framework for authority. “I have never blackmailed anyone, let alone Charlie Kirk,” he wrote on X. Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” also denied Owens’ claims.