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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
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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.
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Shortly after he lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump seized the opportunity to make money off his Big Lie by establishing a leadership political action committee called Save America.
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Dan Scavino has worked for Trump since he was hand-picked to be his caddy at the age of 16. As a member of the administration, he served as deputy chief of staff for communications from 2019–21 and as deputy chief for social media from 2017–21.
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About Eric Schmitt (R) has served as attorney general of Missouri since 2019 and ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement. After winning in November, he will fill the seat of retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Schmitt previously served as state treasurer from 2017–19 and was a member of the Missouri Senate … Read more
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About Wayne Stenehjem (R) was the attorney general of North Dakota from 2000–22, becoming the state’s longest-serving AG before he died of cardiac arrest in February 2022. Following his death, Stenehjem’s staff deleted large quantities of his emails, leading to allegations that they were trying to hide something from the public. His successor, Drew Wrigley … Read more
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Roger Stone is a political consultant who served as a campaign adviser to Donald Trump in 2015 and ultimately remained an ally despite being fired from the campaign due to a reported falling out between the two men.
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Longtime Trump ally and political trickster Roger Stone originally created Stop the Steal as a registered 527 organization in 2016—initially to fight GOP efforts to keep Trump off the Republican ticket that year and later to discredit an expected presidential win by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.