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01/11/2021 10:00 AM EST
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Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging protesters to the Capitol. GOP officials now insist they didn t know about it.
Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post
Jan. 11, 2021
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Secret Service protect the area around the White House where President Donald Trump supporters gather in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Astrid Riecken
The day before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, an arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association sent out robocalls urging supporters to come to D.C. to fight Congress over President Donald Trump s baseless election fraud claims. At 1 p.m. we will march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal, said the message first reported by the watchdog group Documented. We re hoping patriots like you will join us to continue to fight to protect the integrity of our elections.
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JPMorgan Chase is halting all political donations from its PAC for six months.Credit.Justin Lane/EPA, via Shutterstock
Corporate America rethinks political donations
Big businesses often donate to both political parties and say that their support is tied to narrow issues of specific interest to their industries. That became increasingly fraught last week, after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol and some Republican lawmakers tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election. A flurry of companies have since reviewed political giving via their corporate political action committees.
Some big banks are pausing
all political donations: