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Doug Mastriano is a far-right state senator who won the May 2022 Republican primary for governor of Pennsylvania and ran with Trump’s endorsement, but ultimately lost to Democrat Josh Shaprio in November. Since the 2020 presidential election, he has insisted that the election was stolen and is so extreme in his views that Axios has called him “Trumpier than Trump.”
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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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Sixteen Republican residents of Michigan attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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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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About James Oaks was a paid staff member working on Trump’s reelection campaign through the end of November 2020 and was reportedly paid $126,000 in salary through that month. The address listed on his employment information filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is 725 Fifth Avenue, headquarters to Trump International Realty. Although unconfirmed, Oaks … Read more
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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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Ken Paxton (R) was first elected as attorney general of Texas in 2014. He won his third term in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement but was impeached for gross abuse of power by the GOP-led Texas House in May 2023.
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Proud Boys is a hate group that promotes white nationalism, along with misogynist and anti-Muslim views. Members played a key role in the insurrection after being called on to wage “all-out revolution” to keep Trump in the White House.
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The Rally for Revival was held at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021 and featured key Trump allies working to fire up the crowd.
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About Sean Reyes (R) has been the attorney general of Utah since he was first appointed by the governor in 2013. His most recent reelection in 2020 was for a five-year term. An ardent MAGA Republican and Trump supporter, Reyes served as Utah co-chair of his 2020 reelection campaign. Once Biden won, the AG helped … Read more