2/25/21
An ally whom Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene described as "one of my closest friends" admitted to participating in the Capitol riots on January 6, CNN's KFile reported. The freshman congresswoman was among a number of conservative lawmakers who promoted conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was fraudulent and maintained that former President Donald Trump won the election, despite losing the election to Joe Biden. The conspiracy fueled the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol building on January 6, as Congress voted to certify Biden's victory in the election. Conservative activist and videographer Anthony Aguero, an associate of Greene, took to social media to say he had been among the mob that entered the Capitol building and refuted the false claims that the attack was done by members of "Antifa," a "far-left" anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement often villainized by Republicans. "We were all there. It was not Antifa, and it was not BLM," Aguero said in a video the day after the insurrection, citing a report from CNN. "It was Trump supporters that did that yesterday. I'm the first to admit it, being one myself." Greene and Aguero have worked closely throughout 2019, CNN reported, and Aguero was photographed with Greene at the "March for Trump" rally on November 14, 2020, where she served as a speaker at the event. Greene's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
