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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWSJ: Jan 6 'rally' funded by top Trump donor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-rally-funded-by-top-trump-donor-helped-by-alex-jones-organizers-say-11612012063'Publix Super Markets heiress donated about $300,000 to the Ellipse event; far-right show host pledged seed money, organizers say'
'Mr. Jones also helped arrange for Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a prominent donor to the Trump campaign and heiress to the Publix Super Markets Inc. chain, to commit about $300,000 through a top fundraising official for former President Donald Trumps 2020 campaign, according to organizers. Her money paid for the lions share of the roughly $500,000 rally at the Ellipse where Mr. Trump spoke.
Another far-right activist and leader of the Stop the Steal movement, Ali Alexander, helped coordinate planning with Caroline Wren, a fundraising official who was paid by the Trump campaign for much of 2020 and who was tapped by Ms. Fancelli to organize and fund an event on her behalf, organizers said. On social media, Mr. Alexander had targeted Jan. 6 as a key date for supporters to gather in Washington to contest the 2020-election certification results. The week of the rally, he tweeted a flyer for the event saying: DC becomes FORT TRUMP starting tomorrow on my orders! '
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WSJ: Jan 6 'rally' funded by top Trump donor. (Original Post)
triron
Jan 2021
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triron
(22,026 posts)1. Also something else from Propublica
brush
(53,925 posts)2. Why hasn't Ali Alexander been arrested? His name keeps coming up in the middle of all...
the rally/insurrection planning.
triron
(22,026 posts)3. Good question; same applies to all those that promoted this insurrection.