The text messages analyzed by the authorities also reveal the key role of the main fundraisers of the Trump campaign in planning the demonstration that preceded the siege of the Capitol.
A small group of influential Trumpists, including the founder of the libertarian media Infowars, Alex Jones, contributed to the financing of the around half a million dollars that the event cost in front of the White House that led to the violent takeover of the Capitol on January 6, as reported today by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
According to testimonies collected by the newspaper, the controversial Alex Jones, who was present during the marches that day, pledged more than $ 50,000 for the event, in which then-President Donald Trump harangued a mass of supporters and asked them to be heard on Capitol Hill, where Joe Biden’s election victory was being formalized.
Jones’ disbursement, which has been suspended from the main social networks, guaranteed him the choice of a participant of his liking during the event.
Additionally, the Infowars founder got Julie Jenkins Fancelli, an influential Trump donor who in 2020 donated nearly $ 1 million to his campaign, to contribute about $ 300,000.
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Ali Alexander, promoter of the “Stop the Steal” movement, which argued without basis in fact that the elections had been a fraud to bring victory to Biden, facilitated with the help of organizer Caroline Wren more funds for the event that brought together thousands of Trumpistas, some of them openly in favor of killing legislators.
Alexander even tweeted an image in which he assured “DC will become Fort Trump from tomorrow at my command”, something that could serve as incriminating evidence in the investigations into those responsible for the assault on the Capitol, which resulted in four protesters and a cop killed that day.
Although the event organized on January 6 was approved and legal, it served as the starting point for the assault on the legislative headquarters and the organizers could face accusations of instigating the insurrection.
Propublica also found that Trump campaign fundraisers were instrumental in organizing the event.
“Text messages and an event planning memo obtained by ProPublica, along with an interview with Cindy Chafian (a conservative actvista), indicate that Caroline Wren, a Washington insider with a low public profile (and Trump’s VIP advisor) , played an important role in managing the event’s operations. Records show that Wren oversaw the logistics, budget, funding and messaging for the Jan. 6 rally that featured President Donald Trump, ”the independent news agency report said.
Following the violent attack, which forced the temporary suspension of the certification of Biden’s electoral victory, federal authorities have launched an operation to arrest some of the several hundred who participated in the assault.
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