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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Rohrlich

Jan. 6 rally organizer getting another $1.2 million from taxpayers to promote ‘Trump Accounts’

A Virginia firm that organized and staged Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally, after which a violent mob of MAGA disciples stormed the U.S. Capitol building, is set to receive a further $1.2 million in taxpayer funds to help promote “Trump Accounts,” one of the president’s many eponymous vanity projects.

On June 1, the Treasury Department earmarked an $800,000 outlay to Event Strategies Inc. for “Nationwide Events, Outreach, and Media Campaign Support… Trump Account Launch Support Services,” lasting through September, according to previously unreported federal procurement data reviewed by The Independent.

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