The House committee investigating the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection spent its first night focusing on the violence, conspiracy theories about electoral fraud and alleged cooperation between former President Donald Trump and two extremist groups Hatewatch monitors.
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the antigovernment Oath Keepers organization, was, at the time of publication, in federal custody awaiting trial for his alleged role in orchestrating events at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
Senior Judicial Watch investigator William Marshall twice donated to a GiveSendGo campaign for “Covid Research” started by an anti-vaccine former Trump administration official linked to the Canadian and U.S. trucker convoys, according to Hatewatch’s review of a leaked donation list.