THREAD: Members of President Trump’s unsuccessful presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an @AP review of records.
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The Trump campaign says no staff members were involved in organizing the rally that sparked the Capitol assault. But an @AP review finds more than half a dozen people listed in key positions for the event had been on the campaign payroll weeks earlier. 2/4
Trump’s incendiary remarks at the Jan. 6 rally culminated a two-day series of events in Washington, organized by a coalition of the president’s supporters who echoed his baseless accusations that the election had been stolen from him. 3/4
Some Trump campaign staffers have distanced themselves from their role in the rally that sparked the assault on the Capitol, deleting tweets or blocking a reporter who asked questions.
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