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The donations are further evidence of support by the staff of Judicial Watch, which claims to be a nonpartisan watchdog organization, for hard-right causes that became mainstream during the Trump administration. Hatewatch previously reported聽Judicial Watch鈥檚 director of investigations, Christopher Farrell, paid dues to the pro-Trump, antigovernment extremist Oath Keepers.

Trucks that are part of a trucker convoy to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers are seen on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 28, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/Patrick Doyle)

Marshall supported Dr. Paul Alexander, a Canadian with a doctorate in health research methodologies, who worked as a senior science adviser to the former assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during Trump鈥檚 term.

The donation list comes from the February GiveSendGo leak. GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding site favored by the hard right. Siblings Heather Wilson and Jacob Wells launched the site in 2014.

Transparency journalism collective DDoSecrets shared over 5GB of the leaked data with Hatewatch.

Marshall did not respond to Hatewatch鈥檚 request for comment.

COVID research

Alexander espouses pro-infection, anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine viewpoints. During his time at HHS, he wrote to his superiors that 鈥渋nfants, kids, teens, young people, young adults, middle aged with no conditions鈥� should be exposed to the virus due to their 鈥渮ero to little risk鈥� of serious consequences, Politico .

He continued: 鈥淲e want them infected.鈥�

Alexander 聽the position from April to September 2020. Alexander is also a prominent supporter of the anti-vaccine mandate trucker convoys that attempt to shut down major metropolitan areas in Canada and the U.S.

Alexander titled the GiveSendGo campaign 鈥淐OVID research stipend support鈥� and wrote to potential supporters that children 鈥渕ust not under any circumstance鈥� receive COVID 鈥渧accines for they could be severely harmed given the harms already emerging from adults and teens.鈥�

There is no data showing significant harm from the 聽vaccines. These two are the most widely used in the U.S. The 聽could cause blood clots in rare circumstances.

Marshall first donated $50 to Alexander鈥檚 campaign on Oct. 28, 2021. 鈥淕od bless, Paul,鈥� he wrote in the comments. Marshall donated $50 again on Dec. 22, 2021. 鈥淧aul, keep up the fight. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless you all. Bill,鈥� he commented.

According to the documents shared by DDoSecrets, Marshall used his Judicial Watch email to sign up for GiveSendGo. The email was listed for both donations.

Alexander has raised over $37,500 through the campaign. The donation database lists Alexander鈥檚 own name and email address as the first to donate $100 on Oct. 27, 2021. The donator praised Alexander for 鈥渟tanding up for humanity, and for maintaining scientific integrity,鈥� adding: 鈥淵our actions have saved lives, and when the Criminal Covid Enterprise is finally brought to justice in Nuremburg 2.0 trials [a reference to the trials where prosecutors convicted Nazis for their atrocities], you will be largely to thank. Thank you for protecting the children 鈥� thank you for telling the truth!鈥�

Alexander denied to Hatewatch he made this donation himself. 鈥淚 may have donated 1 or 5 $ to me to test how it worked but never 100$,鈥� Alexander wrote in an email response.

Alexander also disavowed any ties to hard-right individuals or organizations but welcomed questioning of the science on vaccine safety and efficacy. He said the Politico report mischaracterized his support for Trump, and that he 鈥渨ould have worked for [former President Barack] Obama and even now for [President Joe] Biden if I could help them.鈥�

GiveSendGo became a favorite for the hard right after hosting a fundraiser for Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse was lionized by the hard right after he killed Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which he testified at trial he did in self-defense. A jury acquitted聽Rittenhouse of murder and attempted murder charges in November 2021.

Extremist connections

Though it claims to be nonpartisan, Judicial Watch pushes conspiracy theories that adhere with the hard right. The nonprofit has targeted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a frequent target of hard-right conspiracy theories. Judicial Watch recently sued federal agencies for links to former State Secretary Hillary Clinton鈥檚 alleged spying campaign against Trump.

Marshall also led Judicial Watch鈥檚 reports on Clinton鈥檚 emails. He discussed in Judicial Watch videos his request for former Clinton aide Huma Abedin鈥檚 emails, and he alleged scandals in which he claimed Clinton was involved. Marshall also said the Department of Justice under Obama gave Clinton special treatment during an investigation into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

Clinton鈥檚 emails have played a major role听颈苍 hard-right conspiratorial thought, including alleged Clinton misconduct. According to several conspiracies, the evidence of Clinton鈥檚 misconduct was contained in emails that Clinton deleted. Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman聽has promoted some of these conspiracy theories.

Marshall regularly appeared on anti-Muslim extremist and conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney鈥檚聽podcast in 2018 and 2019. He discussed the politicization of intelligence agencies and former FBI director James Comey鈥檚 alleged misconduct as part of the Justice Department under former President Barack Obama.

The podcasts came amid a broad, right-wing attempt to discredit federal agencies as they investigated former President Donald Trump鈥檚 contacts with Russia before the 2016 presidential election.

The hard right and conspiracy theorists call the agencies and bureaucrats the 鈥渄eep state.鈥� The deep state is an integral part of 聽that D.C. insiders worked to spy on and undermine Trump.

Judicial Watch has partnered with hard-right figures including former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. The nonprofit has no known partnership with the Oath Keepers or the anti-Muslim Center for Security Policy, which Gaffney founded.

But Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton was a member of Groundswell, a conservative activist group of which Gaffney was also a member.

Fitton, too, rails against deep state 鈥渟pying鈥� on Trump.

Virginia 鈥淕inni鈥� Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, started Groundswell in 2013. The activists planned a 鈥溾�� to push hard-line conservative policies and appointments in the federal government.

The group focuses on anti-immigration, anti-abortion and anti-gun control issues, as well as numerous other issues the hard right has taken up.

By 2019, Groundswell pushed Trump to purge the deep state from his administration, Axios . Groundswell curated a deep state hit list and delivered it to Trump while he was president, according to the report.

Groundswell held weekly meetings at Judicial Watch offices,聽 to Axios and The New York Times.

Fizzling convoys

The trucker protests began in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, in January. Organizations , including the Maverick Party and the People鈥檚 Party of Canada, organized protests in Ottawa. Thousands of truckers disrupted international travel and commerce by blocking ports and crossings on the U.S.-Canada border to protest vaccine mandates and lockdowns.

Alexander told Hatewatch he was unaware of these connections and he 鈥渄oes not stand鈥� for hateful rhetoric or supremacy.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 聽Canada鈥檚 first national public order emergency to end the protests on Feb. 14.

The Canadian protest inspired right-wing organizers, including individuals with extremist ties and ideologies in the U.S. Thousands protested COVID-19 mandates in Washington, D.C., beginning .

The protests continued, and Alexander was reportedly present at a protest at the National Mall on Jan. 27, where he expressed anti-lockdown views.

Organizers across the U.S. called for truckers to descend on D.C. to block traffic in the capital. The convoys failed to cause major disruptions, in part due to , D.C.鈥檚 traffic laws and .

The U.S. convoy faced increased scrutiny after main organizer Mike Landis invited onstage a man that called for truckers to 鈥渢ake ... back鈥� Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C., where protesters painted 鈥淏lack Lives Matter鈥� on 16^th Street during the nationwide protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.

Organizers have disavowed the man鈥檚 comments. Alexander told Hatewatch the speaker had 鈥済one rogue鈥� and was not 鈥減roperly vetted.鈥�

Marshall has not publicly spoken about the trucker convoys, and his name does not appear in the main donation list for the Canadian trucker protests that raised over $540,000. Personal connections between Marshall and Alexander 鈥� if there are any 鈥� remain unclear.

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