Tag: jan. 6

A tangled web of St. Louisans in the Jan. 6 insurrection

Many of the St. Louisans who played roles in fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection had relationships with one another and with national figures in the chaos at the Capitol that have not been explored.  Many haven’t even been previously identified. What follows is an account of some of those roles and relationships.     Jim Hoft, the

The road to Jan. 6 ran through St. Louis

Prominent Missouri Republican office holders and current or former St. Louis-based  activists played key roles in trying to subvert the 2020 presidential election and in laying the groundwork for the Jan. 6 insurrection.   The cast of characters included fist-raising Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who may want to be president, and litigious Missouri Attorney General Eric