# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2WVXfIrsT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19115812-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-08-29T15:55:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Fundraising campaigns for two Kansas City-area Proud Boys charged with multiple felonies in connection with the Capitol riot have taken in nearly $70,000 from more than 1,100 donors.

Family members of William Chrestman and Christopher Kuehne, both of Olathe, said they created the sites to help pay for legal fees and other expenses as the men’s cases wind their way through federal court.

Both fundraisers were set up last year on GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding platform that says its purpose is “to share the Hope of Jesus” and “to stand for freedom.”

Many of the donors see the men — both military veterans — as patriots, freedom fighters and heroes, not criminals. They share Bible verses and words of praise and encouragement along with their contributions.

But federal authorities describe the men as nothing close to patriots, saying they conspired with others from the Kansas City Proud Boys chapter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 and disrupt the joint session of Congress as it counted electoral votes to confirm the result of the 2020 presidential election. A federal judge said in a court hearing that “Mr. Chrestman was much more — much, much more — than someone who merely cheered on the violence or who entered the Capitol after others cleared the way.”

Read more at the link in our bio. ✏️ Judy L. Thomas
 
#KansasCityNews #CapitolRiot #Jan6 #ProudBoys #Kansas #Olathe

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