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Skip to main content Currently Reading 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 FacebookTwitterEmail 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. ....
Several GOP attorney generals are distancing themselves from robocalls placed by an arm of the party's Attorney General Association that urged Trump supporters to march to Capitol before last week's riot. ....