Cherokee Nation Withdraws Donation To Republican AG Assoc. After Robocalls Promoting DC Rally
Update: The executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association Adam Piper has resigned following backlash from the robocall reports that contributed to the riot at the Capitol, Alex Gerszewski, spokesperson for AG Hunter confirmed.
An investigation has begun into robocalls that encouraged people to go to Washington D.C. to march on the U.S. Capitol. Those calls were made by a fundraising arm of the Republicans Attorneys General Association.
The Cherokee Nation, who donated to the group, said they were shocked to find out thousands of their dollars possibly went to those calls without their knowledge.
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Republican AGs group leader quits over call pushing protest
By MEG KINNARDJanuary 12, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2007, file photo, Adam Piper, one of only four full-time staffers for Mike Huckabee s presidential campaign in South Carolina, answers calls and returns emails from the state campaign headquarters in Columbia, S.C. Piper, the executive director of a national group that advocates for Republican attorneys general has resigned in the fallout of a robocall sent out by the association’s political arm urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol last week ahead of the violent assault that followed. The Republican Attorneys General Association and the Rule of Law Defense Fund accepted the voluntary resignation of Piper on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
Florida Attorney General had touted on her online biography her role on the board of directors to a conservative group that has been criticized for its role in the insurrection in Washington last week, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times.