Supporters raise millions to rebrand Jan. 6 rioters as ‘patriots’

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Supporters raise millions to rebrand Jan. 6 rioters as ‘patriots’
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Right-wing supporters of the “Jan. Sixers” cast them as valiant political prisoners -- and brush aside powerful evidence to the contrary.

“We pray for unity in those cells,” said one of the group’s leaders, a woman named Aida. “Get close to them, Father God, to protect our brothers.”one of many support groups that have formed in the two years since the violent mob — encouraged by former president Donald Trump — stormed the U.S. Capitol building and threatened the country’s peaceful transition of power after Joe Biden’s victory.

Since 2021, Jan. 6 defendants have raised more than $3.7 million on the Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo, according to a Washington Post review of accounts that remain public, and millions more have Video played by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, revealed rioters threatened to hang Vice President Mike Pence.

Dozens of times — nightly in the summer months — supporters have held a candlelight vigil at the D.C. jail, where 21 detainees are still housed in a special wing awaiting trial, jail officials said. Amid the flashing blue lights of the security vehicles and the more pallid flickers of their candles, tells sad tales of middle-class American families in ruins, with homes lost, businesses shuttered and savings depleted from legal fees.

“Everybody is raising money off them,” said Riggleman. “We don’t know where the money is going but … this is just a fantastic moneymaking opportunity.”

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