The justice's assistant Shean Kelly Makel reached out to DeSantis' office on April 8 to share the biographies of four Thomas clerks for the governor to review for possible jobs, and they made plans on May 20 for the lunch, although it's not clear what they discussed there. Jackson ruling that overturned abortion rights. area as their movement grew aimless.Ī previous batch of emails obtained by the government watchdog that included correspondence from Ginni Thomas suggested the justice had been in touch with DeSantis around that same time, and the new messages show they met for lunch the day before the Dobbs v. In August, reports indicated that the 1776 Restoration Movement - formerly known as the "People's Convoy," formed to broadly oppose COVID mandates - have been living in cars and vans around the D.C. This comes amid other high-profile cases of failed right-wing activist events. "She then fine-tuned that theory to claim email invites wound up in spam folders - directed there somehow by unspecified sinister figures. 'Second of all, it’s very, very hard for conservative groups to get their message out right before the election,' she said before claiming email invitations for the event were censored by suspicious left-wing forces," the report continued. "'First of all, it’s a weekday during the day, a lot of people work,' she told The Daily Beast. "Right-wing speaker and lawyer Deborah Weiss blamed the organizers for scheduling the event on a sunny Friday afternoon," said the report. Other things the attendees and organizers blamed included the sunny Friday afternoon weather, and liberals who were supposedly censoring the email invites - possibly built on the burgeoning conspiracy theory that Gmail spam filters are trashing Republican campaign emails as "election interference." "'I want you to recognize something,' Braynard said. Instead, these activists, who event organizer John Paul Moran referred to as 'paid agitators' and members of Antifa, brought particularly upsetting and bothersome trinkets to derail the pro-Trump rally: whistles," said the report. Even with frequent Steve Bannon podcast guest Matt Braynard in attendance, a mere 27 individuals - including two hired private security guards - showed up."Īccording to the report, the event leaders were badly spooked by the presence of five liberal activists. "Despite their attempts to draw in the MAGA faithful by playing Donald Trump speeches ahead of their first speaker, the 'Stop the Tyrants & Unite for Freedom' gathering flopped.
6 defendants, a MAGA-loving fashion designer, and a rough-and-tumble gentleman dressed in early colonial garb were just a few of the characters back outside the Capitol, equally upset at President Joe Biden and over Capitol rioters remaining behind bars," said the report. and when the expected crowd never showed up, blamed a number of strange culprits for the rally's failure. Lindell has not been charged with a crime, although he is believed to be connected to six people named in a search warrant who allegedly breached the voting machines to prove baseless claims of voter fraud.On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a group of Trump supporters gathered for a rally in Washington, D.C. A district court judge denied Lindell’s request this week for a temporary restraining order to prevent the FBI from searching his phone, which federal agents seized at a Hardee’s drive through.
Lindell, who is scheduled to speak at the rally via Zoom, is at the center of an FBI investigation into a breach of election equipment in Colorado.
The rally follows a rough couple months for former President Donald Trump, who is marred in several high-profile lawsuits and investigations, including a suit filed this week by New York Attorney General Letitia James claiming Trump and his adult children inflated the value of the Trump Organization, as well as the Justice Department’s ongoing probe into classified documents the former president took to his Mar-a-Lago home after he left the White House. Posts on Twitter showed counter-protesters chanting “Trump is a loser” and “F*** the Proud Boys.” Key Background
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