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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday October 19th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today new evidence unsealed of how Donald Trump's January 6th 2021 rally was funded.

Plus we take a look back on a busy week in extremism news and why companies are hiring less.

New records released in the federal election interference case against former

President Donald Trump described how money was spent on Trump's stop the steel rally near the White House on January 6, 2021.

The revelations were among 1,900 pages of evidence

for federal charges against Trump that he tried to steal the 2020 election.

The evidence also includes details of how his supporters spent election night at the White House

and how Trump reacted to the riot at the Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkin is weighing the evidence to determine whether Trump is immune to federal

charges based on a Supreme Court ruling in July.

Trump opposed the release as an example of prosecutors publishing cherry-picked materials

that would prejudice potential jurors and endanger potential witnesses three weeks

before the election. But Judge Schutkin ruled that keeping the documents confidential could also be considered

election interference.

The newly released documents show that an unnamed organization budgeted as much as $3 million

on the January 6th rally and related events, including for bringing

VIP guests and protesters to Washington and ad buys for a show of force.

You can read more with a link in today's show notes.

It's been a busy week in the news when it comes to extremism in America.

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