Police Prepare For Capitol Rally Planned In Support Of Jan. 6 Rioters

The event organizer has promoted the event as a show of support for those he believes were unfairly prosecuted.

Allies of former President Donald Trump are planning to hold another rally at the Capitol Saturday eight months after the deadly riots on January 6. The rhetoric ahead of the rally is the latest attempt to explain away the assault and obscure what played out for all the world to see: rioters battling police and attempting to stop Congress from certifying the election of President Joe Biden. Rally organizer Matt Braynard, a former Trump campaign strategist, has been promoting the event and others like it in cities nationwide, focusing attention on what he calls the “prisoners” being unfairly prosecuted for their involvement in the Jan. 6 riot.