“Amid a series of campaign appearances in Utah on July 24, Donald Trump Jr. took time to shoot Desert Tech rifles and appeared in promotional images for the company, which is owned by a prominent member of a polygamous sect. The government is currently trying to seize the company’s headquarters, which is owned by other members of the sect who entered guilty pleas in a $1.1 billion fraud scheme” CBS News reports.
“In photos posted by the company to Instagram and Facebook, Trump Jr. is seen wearing a Desert Tech hat, posing with the company’s founder, Nicholas Young, and firing the company’s sniper rifles. A marketing video on YouTube also includes an image of Trump Jr. ‘Awesome time guys. Can’t wait to do it again soon,’ Trump Jr. replied to one post on Instagram, adding three American flag emojis. Beneath another, he wrote, ‘Great being with you guys. Awesome stuff.’ Young has an influential position in The Order, which formed in 1935 after splintering from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is also known interchangeably as the Kingston Group and the Davis County Cooperative Society. A former member of the group who has spent years trying to shed light on what she says are abuses of women and children, as well as widespread financial fraud, harshly criticized Trump Jr.’s appearance with Young.”