Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser's Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege - 2021-01-30

Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser's Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege January 30, 2021, Mike Spies, ProPublica

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"Get the budget and vendors breakdown to me and Justin," Caroline Wren wrote to Cindy Chafian, a self-described "constitutional conservative," in a Dec. 28 text message obtained by ProPublica.

Wren was no ordinary event planner. She served as a deputy to Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, at Trump Victory, a joint presidential fundraising committee during the 2020 campaign. The Justin mentioned in her text was Justin Caporale, a former top aide to first lady Melania Trump, whose production company helped put on the event at the Ellipse.

Text messages and an event-planning memo obtained by ProPublica, along with an interview with Chafian, indicate that Wren, a Washington insider with a low public profile, played an extensive role in managing operations for the event. The records show that Wren oversaw logistics, budgeting, funding and messaging for the Jan. 6 rally that featured President Donald Trump.

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{{cite news | first = Mike | last = Spies | author2 = Jake Pearson | title = Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser's Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege | url = https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-fundraiser-ellipse-rally | work = ProPublica | date = January 30, 2021 | accessdate = February 7, 2021 }}