A consultant whose companies were paid almost $10 million by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign and associated political action committee appeared to be part of the mob that moved into restricted areas of the U.S. Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021.
The consultancy firm, operated by Trent Pool and his brother, worked to get Kennedy on the ballot in several states.
In photos and videos from January 6, a man resembling Pool can be repeatedly seen wearing a knit beanie from Pool’s alma mater, Southern Methodist University. In one video, he responds to the name “Trent.”
The man in the SMU hat spent hours on what the FBI later called restricted ground during the melee and was involved in carrying a barricade away from a police line after others had seized it. The man can be seen asking another demonstrator to take a photo of him, telling an associate to join him near a standoff with police, and waving a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag.