Trump and his allies have embraced, promoted and counseled Kyle Rittenhouse since his acquittal

“I’m working with the team,” Anderson told CNBC in a Twitter message after she was asked about her role with Rittenhouse. She then requested that CNBC email her. Since then, Anderson has yet to respond to multiple requests for comment.

Mark Richards, an attorney for Rittenhouse, told CNBC “I never met w/ or spoke to Jillian Anderson.”

Anderson has been linked to Trump and his conservative allies for years. She recently was paid over $10,000 for media relations consulting by a political action committee backing Josh Mandel’s Ohio Senate campaign, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by CNBC. The committee is called Team Josh and has paid Anderson for what’s described as “media relations consulting.” Anderson posted a split screen photo on her Twitter page this week of herself, alongside another featuring Mandel holding up a laptop. Mandel has called Rittenhouse an “American hero” and “role model.”

Anderson and Rittenhouse have also recently been photographed next to Adam Waldeck, who worked on former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign before running two right-leaning groups that do not publicly disclose their donors. One of those organizations took aim at Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election before changing its name to 1776 Action to focus on fighting critical race theory education. Waldeck appeared in a photo with Rittenhouse that was posted to Anderson’s social media.

Anderson has ties to other Trump allies. Conservative publication The Federalist lists Anderson as an Ambassador of Turning Point USA and the Falkirk Center. Turning Point USA, founded by longtime Trump supporter Charlie Kirk, advocates for conservative voices on school campuses.

The Falkirk Center is a think tank backed by evangelical Liberty University. It was co-founded by Kirk and Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned as president of Liberty University following various scandals. Kirk left the think tank this year. The Falkirk Center’s podcasts, according to The Bulwark, have been a source of various conspiracy theories, including those questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Anderson boasts in a photo that she credits Jack Posobiec, a longtime right-wing operative and activist, for what she describes as her “behind the scenes schemes.”

“For the last 12+ months  @jackmposobiec has been one of the best front men for a lot of my behind the scenes schemes. I appreciate you brother!” she said in a previous Instagram post.

Another photo on Anderson’s Instagram page shows her at a November event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. The gathering was to celebrate the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank that was created to promote several of Trump’s preferred policies. The event featured Trump himself and the pictures show Anderson with multiple Trump allies, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C. Cawthorn was among a group conservative lawmakers who said Rittenhouse could come work for his office.

“Congratulations to @a1policy [America First Policy Institute] on a great event and continually keeping America First. #MAGAA,” Anderson’s Instagram post reads.

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