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MAGA Attorneys General Are Winning a GOP Civil War Kelly Weill © Provided by The Daily Beast Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Four months after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a top Republican group is still reeling from the day’s events. But unlike participants in the riot, who were eventually expelled from the Capitol and many of whom face criminal charges, a Trumpist faction linked to pre-riot organizing is still making inroads at the Republican Attorneys General Association, while more moderate members quit in disgust. The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) is the top national organization for securing GOP wins in state attorney general races. But the group came under scrutiny for its role in the events of Jan. 6 after it was revealed that RAGA’s fundraising arm had made robocalls encouraging people to march on the Capitol at 1 p.m. “to stop the steal.”

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