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Igor Derysh

Jan. 6 protesters want Michigan "audit"

Protesters call for a "forensic audit" of the 2020 presidential election, during a demonstration by a group called Election Integrity Fund and Force outside of the Michigan State Capitol , in Lansing, on October 12, 2021. JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Two Trump supporters who attended the "Stop the Steal" rally ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including a former Oath Keeper, are behind a ballot initiative campaign that would force yet another "forensic" audit, this time of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.

Jon Rocha, a Republican congressional candidate and the president of Audit MI, and Jon-Paul Rutan, the campaign's co-founder and treasurer, both attended the protest ahead of the riot. Both men deny going inside the Capitol and say they did nothing wrong. They have not been charged with any crimes.

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