For example. Defendants and their co-conspirators asked one US. person to build a cage on a flatbed truck and another US. person to wear a costume portraying Clinton in a prison uniform. Defendants and their co-conspirators paid these individuals to complete the requests. 56. After the rallies in Florida, Defendants and their co-conspirators used false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate US. political rallies supporting then-candidate Trump in New York and Pennsylvania. Defendants and their co-conspirators used the same techniques to build and promote these rallies as they had in Florida, including: buying Facebook advertisements; paying U.S. persons to participate in, or perform certain tasks at, the rallies; and communicating with real U.S. persons and grassroots organizations supporting then-candidate Trump. 57. After the election of Donald Trump in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co- conspirators used false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate US. political rallies in support of then president-elect Trump, while simultaneously using other false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate US. political rallies protesting the results of the 2016 US. presidential election. For example, in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized a rally in New York through one ORGANIZATION-controlled group designed to “show your support for President-Elect Donald Trump” held on or about November 12, 2016. At the same time, Defendants and their co-conspirators, through another ORGANIZATION-controlled group, organized a rally in New York called “Trump is NOT my President” held on or about November 12, 2016. Similarly, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized a rally entitled “Charlotte
Against Trump” in Charlotte, North Carolina, held on or about November 19, 2016.
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