Two women who worked with the event company that oversaw arrangements for the Jan. 6 rally are also part of the group coordinating President Donald Trump's parade, which he announced honors the anniversary of the U.S. Army.
Mother Jones reporter Amanda Moore said she spent the past two months knee-deep in information about the company America250.
Among the findings included in the piece Moore co-authored with Dan Friedman is a permit application for the parade that coincides with Trump's 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the Army. There has never been a parade before celebrating the Army's anniversary.
The permit lists Trump aide Megan Powers as the point of contact, calling her a "general contractor for America250.org Inc.," which is "the nonprofit helping to organize the publicly funded, multiyear America250 commemoration of the country’s semiquincentennial."
Powers' name was also on the permit for the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse in which Trump said they'd march to the U.S. Capitol. Once the group did arrive at the Capitol, a violent attack began, police were injured, and a gallows was erected with the crowd chanting "hang Mike Pence."
Another name included on the America250.org Inc. permit application is Hannah Salem Stone. She previously worked for the White House, but is now involved in organizing the parade.
The report recalled, "Stone and Powers were subpoenaed by the House January 6 committee and cooperated with the panel; neither was accused of wrongdoing."
Ahead of Jan. 6, the women were working closely with Event Strategies Inc., a Trump-aligned firm that "oversaw arrangements for the January 6 rally." Now, Event Strategies is again coordinating logistics.
The rally was supposed to be a celebration of the Army, but the report said that in the past few months, there has been "an influx of MAGA loyalists" involved in the event.
Trump wanted a similar parade after seeing a similar one for Bastille Day while visiting France during his first term. At that time, "military officials warned against a show of force they said was more at home in North Korea than the United States," CNN recalled in a Friday report.
