Theirs was one of many grassroots efforts to bring Trump supporters to the Capitol, often amid calls for revolution, if not outright violence. A makeshift memorial for Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who was fatally injured when a Pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington on January 6, in Washington, Jan. 15, 2021. (On Monday, money transfer service PayPal stopped working with GiveSendGo because of its links to the violence at the Capitol.) Through a representative, Lindell said he only supported the bus tour “prior to Dec. 14” and was not a financial sponsor of any events after that, including the rally Jan. 6. By 10:45 a.m. the next day, more than an hour before Trump spoke, Lee was back online broadcasting footage of himself at the Capitol.

Source: bd News24 January 16, 2021 22:07 UTC