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This is the second part of a two-part Raw Story series exploring pro-Trump organizer Cindy Chafian’s actions before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read Part 1 here.

Cindy Chafian, who handled permits for two pro-Trump warm-up rallies in Washington, D.C., and then hosted her own rally on the eve of President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” speech at the Ellipse, stood atop the U.S. Capitol’s inaugural grandstand the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021.

Standing beside her, Mariposa Castro, a former yoga and tea shop owner from California, excitedly addressed viewers on her Facebook livestream as rioters busted out a window to a Senate conference room....

This is the first part of a two-part Raw Story series exploring pro-Trump organizer Cindy Chafian's actions before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read Part 2 here.

Two golf carts sped toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lurching forward as space in the torrent of Trump supporters opened, then abruptly closed. Sirens wailed as Washington, D.C., police units responded to the chaotic scene.

The carts, driven by pro-Trump rally organizer Cindy Chafian and her husband, Scott, carried an assortment of passengers, including the wife of conspiracy trafficker Alex Jones and Nathan Hughes, an Arkansas man who’d later be charged with assaulting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and other offenses for actions he would allegedly take in the hours to come....