Criminals, Congress Members And A Big Gun: Inside The Far-Right Conference At Trump’s Miami Resort – Forbes

Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) appeared together during an America First rally in Georgia this May. Both lawmakers attended the AmpFest conference at Trump National Doral last weekend.

Donald TrumpsMiami golf resorthosteda four-day conference for conspiracy theorists and far-right diehardsnamedAmpFestlast week.

Roger Stone, one of four attendees who previously received a pardon from Trump,hosted a martini-mixer.James OKeefe, whose Project Veritas uses undercover cameras (and sometimes artful editing) to catch journalists saying embarrassing things,starred on stage with asong-and-dance routine.

House membersMattGaetzand Marjorie Taylor Greenemilled about, snapping photos with admirers.Tickets ran$450 to $3,500, and roomssold separately by the former presidents companystarted at $209 a night.

Forbesoffers a lookinside the event,with the help ofattendeeswho wereeager to broadcastthe scene on social media:

At an add-on event with a ticket price of $1,000,Stone showed off how to make Richard Nixon's martini recipe with Tito's. That vodka was first distilled in 1995. Nixon died in 1994.

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Standing behind the former president's family crest, one speaker flaunted his little friend.

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Former National Security Advisor, Mike Flynn, a Trump pardon recipient, ran into an admirer.

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Gaetz mingled with Anthony Sabatini, a state representative in Florida running for U.S. Congress.

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Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican,stuck it to the libswith somefriends.

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Stonegot an earful froman adviser to Republicans for National Renewal. That dark-money group is working to ensure the GOP has "a foundation in populism and nationalism."

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Trump pardon recipient George Papadopouloswasall smileswithStone.

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Jackson Lahmeye, a pastor running for Senate in Oklahoma, mimicked the look of Doral's owner.

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Joe Kent, a Trump-endorsed candidate running for the House in a primary against one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the former president, took the stage. Joining him wasJosh Mandel, anOhioanrunningfor U.S. Senate, whose associated PAC spent $31,000 at Mar-a-Lago thisspring.

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O'Keefe, of Project Veritas,wowed at least oneattendee.

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Laura Loomer, a far-right provocateur running for Congress in Florida, rapped.

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In AmpFest's photo booth, two attendees flashed the okay hand gesture. Depending on the context, the sign can mean "white power," according to the Anti-Defamation League.

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Alt-right conspiracy theorist JackPosobiec, a personality at OANN, was among the manyincredible people oneAmpFestperformer met.

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Conservative auteur, Dinesh D'Souza, another recipient of a Trump pardon, smiled with one of the former president's customers.

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