Thread by @thegarance

The investigation into what happened at the Capitol will need to include deep financial forensics to determine the extent to which it was an Astroturf Rebellion abcnews.go.com/US/trump-allie…

"In the days before a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building...President Trump's political apparatus worked behind the scenes with pro-Trump groups to plan and promote events in Washington, D.C., that ultimately led to Wednesday's attack on Congress."

"While the 'March to Save America' rally was publicly promoted as being organized by groups not directly tied to the president's team... behind the scenes White House staff and close allies of the president, including former Trump campaign staff, worked with the organizers"

"Since the November election, the president's campaign has significantly trimmed down its staff despite massive fundraising hauls, and has largely leaned on the behind-the-scenes help of outside groups like 'Women for America First' and 'Stop the Steal'."

If any money raised by Trump's campaign or PACs got funneled into the attack on the Capitol, or events leading up to it, we need to know.

Of course there's a Roger Stone angle... politico.com/news/2021/01/0…

"WildProtest, a subgroup of Stop the Steal, is asking attendees to gather by the north entrance of the Capitol....MAGA world’s A-list names are also slated to speak, including Stone...Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Lauren Boebert and Joe Flynn, brother of...Michael Flynn."

"Militia groups like the Three Percenters, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have also vowed to attend"

Here's a good pre-rally @pbump roundup on "Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexader, "a right-wing personality who has worked with a rogue’s gallery of notorious characters in that world: Alex Jones, Roger Stone, Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer" washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

Dark money is only dark when there are no potential crimes involved. Federal investigators should have the power to uncover who financed what in the wake of the attack on the Capitol.

https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1347937989385744387

More dark-money groups involved:

https://twitter.com/BryanLowry3/status/1347934124154232832

And of course let us not forget that Parler, where some of the most extreme insurrectionists organized and declared their plans, was funded by the same woman who backed Trump's 2016 bid cnn.com/2020/11/15/med…

Nov 2020: "According to an ADL report released on Thursday, members of the Proud Boys, adherents of conspiracy theory QAnon, anti-government extremists and white supremacists all openly promote their views on Parler."

I would also like to know more about this purported Secret Service involvement & WH coordination with the march & Alex Jones aceshowbiz.com/news/view/0016…