ELECTION RFK Jr. campaign disowns its fundraising email calling Jan. 6 rioters 'activists'
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Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent out with a fundraising email Thursday referring to Jan. 6 defendants as "activists" who have been "stripped of their Constitutional liberties," echoing former President Donald Trump's rhetoric about the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In the appeal sent to supporters, signed by "Team Kennedy," the campaign called for the exoneration of "political prisoner Julian Assange," the founder of WikiLeaks, suggesting he and Jan. 6 defendants are victims of prosecutorial abuse.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-campaign-jan-6-activists-stripped-constitutional-liberties-rcna146445
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