KEY POINTS
  • The rally, officially known as the "March to Save America," was largely organized by a 501(c)(4) group known as Women for America First.
  • Women for America First's Facebook pages show they were calling on supporters to be part of what they described as a "caravan" to Washington for the event.
Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021.

A web of pro-Trump dark money groups helped organize the rally that led to a deadly riot on Capitol Hill.

During the rally on Wednesday, President Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to march to the steps of Congress to protest the results of the Electoral College vote that certified Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.