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Jan. 6 Capitol Protest—Oregon
On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump protesters burned an effigy of the Oregon governor in front of the state Capitol in Salem.
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Attack on the Capitol
The following individuals and organizations played a role in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Jan. 6 Capitol Protest—Utah
Pro-Trump protesters marched on the Utah statehouse on Jan. 6, 2021 as chaos unfolded in Washington, D.C.
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Jones, Alex
Alex Jones is a right-wing conspiracy theorist based in Austin, Texas, who rose to prominence over the past two decades through his total distrust in government, his promulgation of wild ideas about “the Deep State,” and the apparent appeal of his aggressively anti-establishment InfoWars website and eponymous radio and video talk show.
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March to Save America
The March to Save America was the key rally at the Ellipse in Washington prior to the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The event is also often referred to as the Save America March or Stop the Steal rally.
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Meadows, Mark
Mark Meadows is a right-wing Republican and Trump ally who served North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the House of Representatives from 2013–20 before becoming the former president’s chief of staff in 2020. He was closely involved with Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and a key witness who ultimately refused to cooperate with the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.
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Mercer, Robert
Robert Mercer is a reclusive, multimillionaire hedge-fund manager and a major financier of Trump’s two presidential campaigns. In 2016 he donated $15.5 million to the pro-Trump Make America Number 1 PAC and in 2020 the Mercer Family Foundation funneled an estimated $20 million in dark money to DonorsTrust.
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Miller, Mary
About Mary Miller (R-Ill.) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, serving the 15th Congressional District in Illinois. A teacher, she worked on her family farm prior to running for political office. She ran for her second term in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in her solidly … Read more
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Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers is a far-right militia group established in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, a graduate of Yale Law School. The group was heavily involved in the insurrection, helping to spearhead the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and found guilty of seditious conspiracy in 2022.
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Pence, Mike
Mike Pence, the former vice president of the United States, served a single term with President Trump from 2017–21. Despite years of total loyalty to the former president, he resisted intense pressure after the 2020 election to misuse his ceremonial role in Congress on Jan. 6, 2021 to prevent the certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory and obstruct the peaceful transition of power.
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Rhodes, Stewart
About Stewart Rhodes is the founder and leader of the far-right paramilitary group Oath Keepers, which has essentially disbanded in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. In May 2023, he was sentenced to 18 years In prison for seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. A former Army paratrooper, Rhodes … Read more