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Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6
ELECTION 2020
Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6
President Trump and high-level supporters for weeks urged followers to rise up against the outcome of a national election they said was rigged
By Rebecca Ballhaus, Joe Palazzolo and Andrew Restuccia
Jan. 8, 2021 8:38 pm ET
It took just a few hours for pro-Trump rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Before that were weeks of rhetoric and encouragement from the president and a circle of close allies, whose actions are certain to draw closer scrutiny.
In the weeks after the election, President Trump and a handful of key, high-level supporters urged in news conferences, speeches and social media posts that followers of the president should rise up against the outcome of a national election they said was rigged. In December, they started targeting Jan. 6, the day set by law to ratify the Electoral College vote in Congress, to air their grievances.
Lawmakers in both parties have faulted the rhetoric by the president and his allies, saying it helped set a course for the riot at the Capitol on Wednesday, which left five people dead. ... Beginning hours after the polls closed on Nov. 3, the president, his family members and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, claimed the vote was marred by fake ballots and election fraud. They were joined by lawyers L. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, who blamed Mr. Trump’s loss on international conspiracies.
No evidence of widespread election fraud has emerged. In subsequent weeks, more than 50 legal claims filed by the Trump campaign or its supporters alleging election fraud were dismissed before state and federal courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Write to Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com, Joe Palazzolo at joe.palazzolo@wsj.com and Andrew Restuccia at Andrew.Restuccia@wsj.com
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Appeared in the January 9, 2021, print edition as 'Trump Team Set the Stage For Rioters.'
Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6
President Trump and high-level supporters for weeks urged followers to rise up against the outcome of a national election they said was rigged
By Rebecca Ballhaus, Joe Palazzolo and Andrew Restuccia
Jan. 8, 2021 8:38 pm ET
It took just a few hours for pro-Trump rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Before that were weeks of rhetoric and encouragement from the president and a circle of close allies, whose actions are certain to draw closer scrutiny.
In the weeks after the election, President Trump and a handful of key, high-level supporters urged in news conferences, speeches and social media posts that followers of the president should rise up against the outcome of a national election they said was rigged. In December, they started targeting Jan. 6, the day set by law to ratify the Electoral College vote in Congress, to air their grievances.
Lawmakers in both parties have faulted the rhetoric by the president and his allies, saying it helped set a course for the riot at the Capitol on Wednesday, which left five people dead. ... Beginning hours after the polls closed on Nov. 3, the president, his family members and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, claimed the vote was marred by fake ballots and election fraud. They were joined by lawyers L. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, who blamed Mr. Trump’s loss on international conspiracies.
No evidence of widespread election fraud has emerged. In subsequent weeks, more than 50 legal claims filed by the Trump campaign or its supporters alleging election fraud were dismissed before state and federal courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
{snip}
Write to Rebecca Ballhaus at Rebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com, Joe Palazzolo at joe.palazzolo@wsj.com and Andrew Restuccia at Andrew.Restuccia@wsj.com
Copyright ©2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All https://twitter.com/joe_palazzoloRights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Appeared in the January 9, 2021, print edition as 'Trump Team Set the Stage For Rioters.'
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