Far Right Groups & MAGA Roots
1982
1982-01-01 The Federalist Society was founded by Yale, Harvard, and University of Chicago law students to challenge liberal legal ideas. Many Trump allies have been members or supporters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society
1992
1992-08-17 Pat Buchanan declared a cultural and religious war as part of his “Make America First Again” campaign.
2010
2010-06-01 James O’Keefe founded far-right group Project Veritas, which is notorious for fabricating “gotcha” material against political opposition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas
https://yaf.org/people/james-okeefe/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/project-veritas-ilhan-omar.html
https://time.com/4536212/james-okeefe-project-veritas-video-democrats/
2022
2022-10-22 Oath Keepers members testified about a cache of weapons stashed at a hotel for potential Jan 6 violence.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/12/oath-keeper-weapons-firearms-jan-6-hotel-00061449
https://www.wabe.org/oath-keepers-jury-hears-about-massive-weapon-cache-on-jan-6/
2026
2026-04-14 The same DOJ that wants to fire people for speaking out about Charlie Kirk or deport people for protesting genocide MOVED TO VACATE the most serious J6 convictions by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, making it as though these most severe crimes never even happened.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/doj-moves-vacate-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers/story?id=132042992
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/g-s1-117473/justice-department-toss-seditious-conspiracy