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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:05 AM 9 hrs ago

Trump's civil rights chief attended wedding of 'Stop the Steal' organizer: report

Source: msn/Rawstory

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President Donald Trump's assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, attended the wedding ceremony of Caroline Wren, a prominent activist who helped organize the key January 6 rally affiliated with the "Stop the Steal" conspiracy theory movement.

According to liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket, "Photos posted to social media show Dhillon celebrating aboard a yacht alongside Wren during the Palm Beach wedding festivities — a gathering that brought together figures from Trump-aligned political circles. In one image, Dhillon poses arm-in-arm with Wren, who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021 “Save America” rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol."

The "Save America" rally featured Trump, who directly encouraged the crowd to "fight like hell" or America would cease to exist. While this rally wasn't explicitly connected to the January 6 riot that stormed the U.S. Capitol, many individuals participated in both.

"Dhillon ... has become a central figure in Trump’s annihilation of federal civil rights enforcement — particularly around voting rights. Her appearance at a private celebration hosted by a Jan. 6 rally organizer underscores her continued ties to figures connected to efforts to overturn the 2020 election," noted the report. "Wren has not only remained active in Republican political circles but has also publicly supported Dhillon’s rise within the party.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-civil-rights-lawyer-attended-wedding-for-j6-organizer-report/ar-AA20i1Xc

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Trump's civil rights chief attended wedding of 'Stop the Steal' organizer: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Is anyone ever surprised anymore that Dump would pick the most vile humans on the planet to run the US? mdbl 7 hrs ago #1
She used to get sneered at and snubbed when she was out and about in SF kimbutgar 5 hrs ago #2

mdbl

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1. Is anyone ever surprised anymore that Dump would pick the most vile humans on the planet to run the US?
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 08:45 AM
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