AP links Trump campaign to rally that launched riot

By Richard Lardner and Michelle Smith

Washington investigative reporter and Providence, Rhode Island, correspondent Michelle Smith used public records, social media accounts and a series of interviews with a key participant to establish that numerous organizers of the rally that launched the Capitol assault had been on the Trump campaign payroll or worked at the White House as recently as this month. Several tried to cover up the connection after the riot. https://bit.ly/2Y5wEoc