Posted on Jan 20, 2022
Experts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants
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In right-wing media, Cynthia Hughes has become one of the most prominent public faces representing families of the people held in jail, awaiting trial for allegedly attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Cynthia, you're a true patriot," former Trump adviser Steve Bannon told Hughes on his "War Room" podcast, where he included her in a roundup of "People of the Year."
Hughes, who lives in New Jersey, has become a regular on Bannon's show, where she and Bannon describe the 1/6 defendants as "political prisoners." On New Year's Eve, Bannon even pledged to send Hughes 1,000 coins from his new cryptocurrency venture, the "Let's Go Brandon" or FJB coin.
Bannon's promised crypto contribution added to the considerable pool of donations amassed by Hughes' group, the Patriot Freedom Fund – close to $900,000 as of early December, the group claimed. There are many online fundraisers for Capitol riot defendants, which have collectively raised millions from the small, but notable minority of Americans sympathetic to the Capitol riot defendants. Most fundraisers go directly to individual defendants.
In right-wing media, Cynthia Hughes has become one of the most prominent public faces representing families of the people held in jail, awaiting trial for allegedly attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Cynthia, you're a true patriot," former Trump adviser Steve Bannon told Hughes on his "War Room" podcast, where he included her in a roundup of "People of the Year."
Hughes, who lives in New Jersey, has become a regular on Bannon's show, where she and Bannon describe the 1/6 defendants as "political prisoners." On New Year's Eve, Bannon even pledged to send Hughes 1,000 coins from his new cryptocurrency venture, the "Let's Go Brandon" or FJB coin.
Bannon's promised crypto contribution added to the considerable pool of donations amassed by Hughes' group, the Patriot Freedom Fund – close to $900,000 as of early December, the group claimed. There are many online fundraisers for Capitol riot defendants, which have collectively raised millions from the small, but notable minority of Americans sympathetic to the Capitol riot defendants. Most fundraisers go directly to individual defendants.
Experts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants
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I can see key differences in the makeup of MFF vs. PFF. You don't have to be a genius to see the red flags they are talking about. The MFF doesn't sell "merch". The MFF doesn't have a connect with a BLM protester section. The PFF does have a connect with a 1/6'er section and sells 1/6 merchandise. The MFF has an actual established board and not a 3 person family board where 2 of the 3 share an address. Nothing could go wrong with that. Unlike PFF, MFF does not have pictures of defendants on their site. Oh and a "Adopt a 1/6 family" section of the PFF page to boot.
https://www.patriotfreedomproject.com/
https://mnfreedomfund.org/
https://www.patriotfreedomproject.com/
https://mnfreedomfund.org/
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