The campaign for Darren Bailey, the GOP nominee for Illinois governor, is once again publicly distancing itself from a suspect charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol after new video emerged showing the man campaigning alongside a paid Bailey campaign staffer.
So far, the FBI has charged 28 people from Illinois for alleged crimes at the Capitol on Jan. 6. One of them is Lawrence Ligas, who was charged last December with three criminal counts for storming the Capitol. Ligas has signaled he intends to face the charges at trial. He's scheduled to appear in court again next month.
When the news of Ligas' arrest first broke, Bailey's campaign distanced themselves from Ligas and said he wasn't on their campaign payroll. However, in a Facebook post last fall, the state senator described Ligas as he and his wife's personal tour guide and "our good friend."
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