J6 Rally Planners Lied, Knew Trump Intended Capitol March
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December 20, 2023

Newly-revealed deceit by the mother-daughter Kremers, heads of the Women for America First and Jan. 6 rally planners, is despicable enough. But more importantly, it implicates people like Donald Trump, Mark Meadows and some Republican congressmen.

Although the Kremers repeatedly and adamantly told Park Service officials there would be no march to the Capitol, texts reveal they were privately planning one, The New York Times reported. The reporting is based on the Interior Department’s inspector general report on the permitting process for the Jan. 6 rally. It seems that the private texts were obtained by the Jan. 6 committee. “Shown the texts by the inspector general’s office, a National Park Service permit specialist put it this way: ‘So, um, basically she lied to all of us,’ according to the report,” The Times article said.

So how did the Kremers know the march was planned all along and who else was in on the plot? By my reckoning, it’s probably quite a few names of people already in trouble and maybe some who should be.

The top suspects are Donald Trump and Mark Meadows. More from The Times:

During a hearing last year, the panel detailed Mr. Trump’s efforts to gather his backers in Washington for a final, last-ditch effort to overturn his loss. It also described how he tried to make the march on the Capitol appear spontaneous even as he and his team intentionally assembled and galvanized the crowd to disrupt Congress’s certification of his electoral defeat.

Since the Capitol attack, Mr. Trump and his defenders have described the violence as a freewheeling, peaceful protest gone awry. His former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, even claimed that Mr. Trump “ad-libbed” his remarks at the Ellipse calling for a march to the Capitol. But the report is further evidence that the former president and his supporters planned in advance to direct the crowds to Capitol Hill and worked to hide their intentions.

A White House liaison to the rally organizers sent a text message on Jan. 3 to Women for America First regarding a demonstration at the Ellipse. “POTUS expectations are intimate and then send everyone over to the Capitol,” the message said, according to the report.

Katrina Pierson, a Trump spokeswoman, had sent an email on Jan. 2, 2021, with nearly identical language.

There's also Ali Alexander, the felon formerly known as Ali Akbar, who organized a rally the night before, on Jan. 5. He told his followers he had something big planned for Jan. 6 and he claimed to have hatched his plan with MAGA Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Paul A. Gosar.

Alexander also knew in advance that Trump would send the crowd to the Capitol. According to Rolling Stone, he was texting with congressional staffers, GOP consultants, Mike Flynn’s brother, and Oath Keepers about marching to the Capitol. That includes an early warning to Gosar’s staff about Jan. 6 violence.

Alexander also received a mysterious payment of $6,000 one week after he was subpoenaed the Jan. 6 committee.

There is no way all this happened without Trump’s knowledge and approval.

There's one other big name who seems like she'd fit into this picture: Fellow coup plotter, J6 rally promoter and attendee, Ginni Thomas.

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