Trump expressed solidarity with the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol, sending a video of support to a fundraising event Thursday hosted by a group called the Patriot Freedom Project that is supporting families of those being prosecuted by the government.
, which appeared to have been shot at his Mar-a-Lago estate. “It’s the weaponization of the Department of Justice, and we can’t let this happen in our country.”
The Patriot Freedom Project advertises itself as “a non-profit organization providing legal, financial, mental-health, and spiritual support for individuals and their families — including young children — who are suffering at the hands of a weaponized justice system.”Trump repeatedly has made it clear that he stands with the mob that stormed the Capitol to stop Congress from counting the electoral votes for Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election.
Supporters of the former president attacked the Capitol as Congress was confirming Biden’s election victory in the worst attack on the seat of U.S. democracy in more than two centuries. The insurrection left four people dead, and an officer who had been sprayed with a powerful chemical irritant, Brian D. Sicknick, suffered two strokes and died the next day.
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