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Ali Alexander is a prominent election denier and right-wing conspiracy theorist who was raised in Fort Worth, Texas and gained national prominence in promoting the Big Lie after the 2020 presidential election.
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America First Works is a nonprofit founded shortly after Trump’s inauguration in 2017 to help support his priorities. The group changed its name from America First Policies after Trump lost in 2020 and in gearing up for the 2024 election, it merged with a think tank called America First Policy Institute.
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The attack began around 2 pm on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly after Trump finished speaking at the March to Save America rally, where he urged his supporters to proceed to the Capitol and “fight like hell” to stop the certification of the Electoral College results underway in a joint session of Congress.
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Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017, representing Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. He was a key congressional voice in spreading the Big Lie and won reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement, but the race proved to be unexpectedly close in his heavily Republican district.
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Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has represented Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021, when Trump’s endorsement helped her become the first woman to win in the Republican-leaning district. An extremist who supports QAnon and works to stand out as a firebrand, she was reelected in 2022 in a race that was so close it triggered an automatic recount.
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About Brand Woodward Law is a Washington-based firm led by attorneys Stan M. Brand and Stanley Woodward, Jr. It specializes in criminal defense, lobbying, employment and labor law, administrative law, and entertainment and sports. Brand was formerly a senior counsel at Akin Gump, a firm known for representing high-profile clients and having influence on Capitol … Read more
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Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011–22, representing Alabama’s 5th Congressional District. He was a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus and claimed that during President Obama’s administration the Democratic Party had launched a “war on whites.”
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About As former First Lady Melania Trump’s top aide, Justin Caporale was on the Trump campaign payroll for much of 2020. He is also CEO of Event Strategies, Inc., the events production company responsible for managing and staffing Trump’s 2016 campaign operations team and for organizing many of the pro-Trump rallies in Washington on Jan. 6, … Read more
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About Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) was elected in 2020 to succeed Mark Meadows—Trump’s last, short-lived chief of staff—in representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. In May 2022, he lost his bid to hold on to the seat in the GOP primary—despite Trump’s endorsement. Born in 1995, Cawthorn was 25 when he … Read more
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Cindy Chafian is a longtime conservative political activist who founded the Eighty Percent Coalition (EPC) shortly before the Jan. 6 insurrection—after allegedly being sidelined by the Women for America First organization that she had worked for on and off since 2019.