January 13 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Supporters attend the “March to Save America” rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesSupporters attend the “March to Save America” rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Donors to the Tea Party Patriots Foundation, one of the groups that helped organize the January 6 rally preceding the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, include the Jewish Community Federation and late billionaire Republican donor Sanford Diller, according to a 990 form submitted to the IRS by the tax-exempt nonprofit in 2019.
The right-wing organization was listed on the March to Save America website alongside groups like Stop the Steal, Turning Point Action (an affiliate of Turning Point USA), and Women for America First, according to a report last week from Documented, a watchdog group that investigates corporate influence. The March to Save America website is down, but
Dark-money GOP fund funneled millions of dollars to groups that pushed voter fraud claims
CNBC 1/13/2021 Brian Schwartz
A dark-money group used by Republican donors funneled millions of dollars to high-profile conservative organizations that pushed or investigated claims of election fraud before and after Joe Biden defeated President Trump.
That group, the Donors Trust, is officially labeled as a nonprofit. The designation allows financiers to give to the organization anonymously. That money is then channeled to other dark-money groups.
Among the pro-Trump groups that have received money from the Donors Fund are pro-Trump students organization Turning Point USA and an anti-immigration organization that has been called a hate group.
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Who was behind the invasion of the Capitol? January 13, 2021 12:48 PM CDT By Michael Biesecker And Michael Kunzelman
The well-funded Q Anon outfit of neofascists was actively involved in the invasion. They have at least one member sitting in the U.S. Congress. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Editor’s note: The AP report that follows shows that it was well-off businessmen, longtime GOP donors, and people with money who formed the backbone of the fascist invasion of the Capitol last week. They worked hand in hand with the white supremacists and far-right militants attacking democracy that day.
The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters. The Associated Press reviewed 120 people connected.