How DLive, a platform owned by a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Justin Sun, became the home for Capitol rioters.
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Tim Gionet, a prominent far-right personality who calls himself “Baked Alaska,” was nearing the steps of the U.S. Capitol early this month, during what has now become an infamous day of rioting and violence, when a woman wearing a red “Connecticut for Trump” hat pulled him over.
“There’s Chinese writing over there,” she said, before launching into a loud cheer: “CCP Go home! C
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