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Rolling Stone Revelations Fill in Gaps About Trump Coup

Manny Otiko
Democracy Guardian
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4 min readOct 25, 2021

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According to Rolling Stone, Capitol attackers were promised a “blanket pardon.” (Tyler Marbler/Flickr)

A bombshell article from Rolling Stone has revealed damning information about the MAGA revolt. According to the recently released article, rally organizers worked closely with several legislators, such as Reps. Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn.

“I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene specifically,” said the organizer who remains anonymous. “remember talking to probably close to a dozen other members at one point or another or their staffs.”

According to organizers who talked to Rolling Stone, Gosar promised anyone who was involved in the attack on the Capitol a “blanket pardon.”

“Our impression was that it was a done deal,” said the source, “that he’d spoken to the president about it in the Oval … in a meeting about pardons and that our names came up. They were working on submitting the paperwork and getting members of the House Freedom Caucus to sign on as a show of support.”

Inside job

Gosar has been sympathetic to the attackers and claimed they were being mistreated.

“The DOJ is harassing peaceful patriots across the country,” Gosar said

The Rolling Stone article makes sense and fills in a lot of gaps. Several of the terrorists who participated in Jan. 6 said they were motivated by the president.

During his testimony in front of the initial House Select Committee, Officer Harry Dunn, who engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Trump terrorists, said many of them claimed, “Trump has given us marching orders.”

And many said they expected to be pardoned. This phrase was mentioned by Jennifer Ryan, the Texas realtor who took a private flight to the revolt and then posted pictures of her crime on social media.

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Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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