U.S. President Donald Trump's recent moves are drawing accusations that he and his allies are using Charlie Kirk’s death as a pretext to crack down on dissent.

U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing to have left-wing activist groups investigated as criminal organizations in the wake of the assassination of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk.

Members of his administration and right-wing activists, meanwhile, are working to identify people who criticized Mr. Kirk online after his killing and have them fired from their jobs.

Mr. Trump is also launching a US$15-billion libel suit against the New York Times and several of its staffers whose critical coverage of him has long irked him.

The moves are drawing accusations that Mr. Trump and his allies are using Mr. Kirk’s death as a pretext to crack

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