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April 22, 2021 6:46 p.m.
A political operative who was behind robocalls urging Trump supporters to march to the Capitol on the day of the joint session of Congress ratifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory was hired on Thursday by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) a prominent GOP group that has come under fire for promoting the rally that occurred shortly before the deadly Capitol insurrection.
The board of RAGA voted to appoint Peter Bisbee as its new executive director, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on Thursday. Bisbee previously served as the head of RAGA’s policy arm, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, which financed robocalls urging its backers to “stop the steal” at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Georgia AG quits chair of prosecutors group in riot fallout
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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr speaks in Atlanta. On April 16, 2021, Carr resigned his post as chairman of the Republican Attorney Generals Association, citing “fundamental differences” with other top prosecutors in the direction the group should take following its promotion of the Jan. 6 “Stop the steal” rally that immediately preceded the riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Branden Camp/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)Branden Camp/AP
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia s top prosecutor has resigned as chairman of the national Republican Attorneys General Association, saying he has had a “fundamental difference of opinion” with some of the other 24 members since the group encouraged the crowd that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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