<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - US points to organized extremists in Capitol riot "/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Defendants in the Jan. 6 <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/investigations/2021/01/26/insurrection-capitol-police-riot-gear-officer-equipment/4231075001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Capitol riot </a>continue to <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2021/02/05/bitcoin-crowdfunding-used-white-supremacists-far-right-extremists/4300688001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">crowdfund</a> their legal fees online using popular payment processors and an expanding network of fundraising platforms, despite a growing crackdown from tech companies.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Capitol riot <a target="_blank" href="/videos/news/nation/2021/03/18/fbi-releases-video-most-violent-rioters-us-capitol-attack/4751102001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">extremists</a> and others are engaging these companies in a game of cat-and-mouse as they spring from one fundraising tool to another, utilizing new sites, usernames and accounts.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In one case, a crowdfunding website set up in late 2020 has been adopted by a defendant charged with storming the Capitol, who has used it to raise almost $180,000. His was one of only eight fundraisers on the site as of last week, and his donations accounted for 84% of the money raised on the platform. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The trend isn't limited to extremists connected to Jan. 6. Neo-Nazi Paul Millerhas crowdfunded legal fees through Cash App and asked for Bitcoin donations, even after federal authorities <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-paul-miller-white-supremacist-gun-charges-20210303-b7ovjklvcff2zjwzryxbhhc5du-story.html" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">arrested</a> him this month for being a felon in possession of a firearm.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><span style="color:inherit">"It's so predictable, and it's never going away," said Megan Squire</span><span style="color:inherit">, </span>a computer science professor at Elon University who has studied how extremists raise money online. "Whenever there's money involved, it's never going to stop; there will always be something new that pops up." </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Crowdfunding hate:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2021/02/05/bitcoin-crowdfunding-used-white-supremacists-far-right-extremists/4300688001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">How white supremacists and other extremists raise money from legions of online followers</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Still searching:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/2021/03/08/capitol-riot-insurrection-arrests-near-300-fbi-hunts-hundreds-more/6871403002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Two months and nearly 300 Capitol riot arrests later, FBI is hunting hundreds more</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Poll:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2021/03/17/monmouth-poll-most-support-investigation-into-capitol-riot/4719923001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Most...</a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/28/online-trump-supporters-insurrection-raise-money-lawyers-legal-fees/4751712001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
