Washington: According to the Saturday’s Wall Street Journal’s report, Publix Super Markets chain donated a fund of $300,000 to a rally that preceded the deadly storming of the US Capitol, this month by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

A prominent donor to Trump’s 2020 campaign, the funding from Julie Jenkins Fancelli, was facilitated by far-right show host Alex Jones. It said her money paid for the lion’s share of the roughly $500,000 rally at the Ellipse park where Trump spoke and urged his supporters to “to fight”, said in a journal.
More than 135 people have been arrested in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol as Congress met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Five people including a Capitol Police officer died. According to the Journal, Jones personally pledged more than $50,000 in seed money for the rally in exchange for a speaking slot of his choice.

Jones, who has publicized discredited conspiracy theories, has hosted leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, two extremist groups that were prominent at the riot, on his popular radio and internet video shows, it said.