Trump paid Capitol rally organizers over $2.7 million
A Trump campaign adviser denied reports that the campaign played a role in the Jan. 6 rally
Former President
Donald Trump’s campaign gave individuals and firms who helped organized the Jan. 6 rally in Washington D.C., which led to the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol, more than $2.7 million over two years.
Bloombergreported that payments were made until Nov. 23, according to Federal Election Commission filings before the public announcement of the rally.
Since then, she’s locked her Twitter account.
You can t hide, Maggie. We all see your dirty hands. pic.twitter.com/GgXFtjD8Wb The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 17, 2021
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign gave individuals and firms who helped organized the Jan. 6 rally in Washington D.C., which led to the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol, more than $2.7 million over two years. Bloomberg reported that payments were made until Nov. 23, according to Federal Election Commission filings — before the public announcement of the rally. @MaggieMulvaney was director of finance operations for the Trump campaign and helped plan the event that lead to last week's insurrection.
| Updated December 19, 2020
A new online attack ad slams Fox News personalities and guests for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Veteran radio host Chip Franklin warns in the three-minute spot for Really American, an anti-Trump PAC, that the conservative network will end up getting people killed with its falsehoods.
“That’s what a superspreader event looks like. You know it as Fox News and its viewers can’t get enough and some even watch it from their hospital beds as they die from COVID,” Franklin says in the clip, which includes footage of its hosts, including prime-time stars Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson, downplaying the threat of COVID-19 and railing against lockdowns and mask mandates aimed at combatting its spread.