Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images
10/12/2022 06:05 PM EDT
A social media influencer who implored a crowd to “storm the gates” of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been hired by a Michigan county clerk as the “talent development specialist” working with poll workers in one of the battleground state’s biggest swing regions, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
The talent-development official, Genevieve Peters, also joined armed members of the Proud Boys for a 2020 rally at the Michigan Capitol and live-streamed a “Stop the Steal” protest outside the home of Michigan’s secretary of state. She has made numerous social media posts of herself mingling with Proud Boys including marching alongside its leader, Joe Biggs, according to social media postings by citizen journalists tracking extremists including Chad Loder, whose work to identify Jan. 6 participants has been cited in at least one Department of Justice charging document.
Peters, a Michigan native who has also lived in California, videotaped herself vowing Jan. 6 was “only the beginning.” Peters has not been charged with any crime related to the Capitol riot.
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