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</div><div>lAST UPDATED ON JANUARY 27, 2021, </div><div>
</div><div><b>Update: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, through a spokeswoman, denied attending the Jan. 5 meeting. Facebook and Instagram posts appear to tell a different story.</b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">T<b>he night before the deadly attack</b> on the U.S. Capitol, Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville and the then-director of the Republican Attorneys General Association met with then-President Donald Trump’s sons and close advisers,</span> according to a social media post by a Nebraska Republican who at the time was a Trump administration appointee. </div><div>
</div><div>Charles W. Herbster, who was then the national chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee in Trump’s administration, in a Facebook post at 8:33 p.m. on Jan. 5 said that he was standing “in the private residence of the President at Trump International with the following patriots who are joining me in a battle for justice and truth.”</div><div>
</div><div>Tuberville, through a spokeswoman Tuesday, told APR that he did not attend a Jan. 5 meeting at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Among the attendees, according to Herbster’s post, were Tuberville, former RAGA director Adam Piper, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, adviser Peter Navarro, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> 2016 deputy campaign manager David Bossie. </span></b></div><div>
</div><div>RAGA’s dark-money fundraising arm, the<b> Rule of Law Defense Fund, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall</b>, paid for robocalls directing people to the March to Save America and rally, which took place just before the Capitol attack.</div><div>
</div><div>Herbster attended the Jan. 6 rally, but said he left before the riot, according to the Omaha World-Herald. The newspaper also reported that Herbster “also met Tuesday in Trump’s private residence in his Washington, D.C., hotel with Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and other campaign advisers.”</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">“They discussed how to pressure more members of Congress to object to the Electoral College results that made Joe Biden the winner,</span>” The Omaha World-Herald reported. </div><div>
</div><div><b>Flynn earlier on Jan. 5 spoke at a rally of pro-Trump supporters in support of Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud. </b></div><div>
</div><div>“We stand at a crucible moment in United States history. This country is awake now,” Flynn told the crowd, according to numerous news outlets. </div><div>
</div><div>Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, spoke at the rally prior to the Capitol attack, telling the crowd: “Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.” Right-wing political activist and an organizer of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, Ali Alexander, in videos posted on social media claimed that Brooks was involved in the planning of the rally that day, meant to pressure lawmakers inside the Capitol as they prepared to vote on certifying the Electoral College votes. </div><div>
</div><div><b>The Jan. 5 meeting, as discussed in the Facebook post, was first reported by journalist Seth Abramson on Tuesday. Abramson in his article states that it’s unclear if Trump himself attended the Jan. 5 meeting at his hotel. </b></div><div>
</div><div>“I’ve dedicated my life to promoting and preserving the American Dream. Tonight, as I look at our nation’s flag, I’m reminded of the battles and blood spilled to protect our way of life,” Herbster wrote in his post:</div><div>
</div><div>Charles W. Herbster, who was then the national chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Advisory Committee in Trump’s administration, in a Facebook post at 8:33 p.m. on Jan. 5 said that he was standing “in the private residence of the President at Trump International with the following patriots who are joining me in a battle for justice and truth.”</div><div>
</div><div>In numerous photos posted to his Facebook page in the months prior to the Jan. 5 meeting, Herbster can be seen posing with Trump and Trump’s sons and close advisors.</div><div>
</div><div>APR sent questions to a Tuberville spokesperson asking whether the senator had attended a Jan. 5 meeting with Trump, Piper and others at his hotel, and if so, why was he called to the meeting and what was discussed<b>. The Tuberville spokeswoman replied in an email: “the answers to your questions are No and Not Applicable.</b>” Attempts to contact Herbster on Tuesday were unsuccessful. </div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">As pro-Trump supporters, far-right groups and militia members were breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani both mistakenly called Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah while trying to call Tuberville, according to multiple news accounts, a recording of a voicemail message by Giuliani left for Tuberville and statements by Lee. </span></div><div>
</div><div><b>In the recorded voicemail message mistakenly left on Lee’s phone, first reported by The Dispatch, Giuliani asks Tuberville to stall the counting of electoral votes. </b></div><div>
</div><div>“I want to discuss with you how they’re trying to rush this hearing and how we need you, our Republican friends, to try to just slow it down so we can get these legislatures to get more information to you,” Giuliani said in a voicemail. </div><div>
</div><div><b>Piper resigned as director of RAGA on Jan. 12 following much public scrutiny over robocalls paid for by the Rule of Law Defense Fund. </b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">“Every decision Adam made on behalf of RLDF was with the best of intentions and with the organization’s best interests in mind,” Marshall said in a statement at the time. “Adam leaves a void that will be difficult to replace, but we wish Adam well as he pursues other opportunities that will allow him to <b>spend more time with his family.” </b></span></div><div>
</div><div>Marshall has not publicly said why Piper resigned. Attempts to reach Piper for comment Tuesday were not successful. </div><div>
</div><div>RLDF was listed as a participating organization for the Jan. 6 “March to Save America” on the march’s website. The website is now down, but archived versions show RLDF as a participating group. Prior to the protest, RLDF sent out robocalls detailing when and where citizens should meet for the Jan. 6 rally, which was first reported by the watchdog investigative journalism group Documented. </div><div>
</div><div>“I’m calling for the Rule of Law Defense Fund with an important message,” the robocall stated, according to Documented. “The march to save America is tomorrow in Washington D.C. at the Ellipse in President’s Park between E St. and Constitution Avenue on the south side of the White House, with doors opening at 7:00 a.m. At 1:00 p.m., we will march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal. We are hoping patriots like you will join us to continue to fight to protect the integrity of our elections. For more information, visit MarchtoSaveAmerica.com. This call is paid for and authorized by the Rule of Law Defense Fund, 202-796-5838.” </div><div>
</div><div>“Serving Republican attorneys general has been the honor of a lifetime and honestly a dream job,” Piper said in a statement on his resignation, according to the Associated Press.</div><div>
</div><div>In a statement to APR on Jan. 7, after APR’s story on the matter had published earlier that day, <b>Piper said neither RAGA nor RLDF was involved with the planning of the rally and seemed to place the blame on staff. </b></div><div>
</div><div>“The Republican Attorneys General Association and Rule of Law Defense Fund had no involvement in the planning, sponsoring, or the organization of yesterday’s rally,” Piper said in the statement at the time. “No Republican AG authorized the staff’s decision to amplify a colleague speaking at the rally. Organizationally and individually, we strongly condemn and disavow the events which occurred. Yesterday was a dark day in American history and those involved in the violence and destruction of property must be prosecuted and held accountable.”</div><div>
</div><div><b>Marshall, in a statement to APR on Jan. 8, blamed unnamed RLDF staff and said he was not aware of his organization’s involvement:</b></div><div>
</div><div>“I was unaware of unauthorized decisions made by RLDF staff with regard to this week’s rally. Despite currently transitioning into my role as the newly elected chairman of RLDF, it is unacceptable that I was neither consulted about nor informed of those decisions. I have directed an internal review of this matter. As I said yesterday, I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the actions of those who attempted to storm the U.S. Capitol, a place where passionate but peaceful protestors had gathered and lawmakers debated inside. Our country is built upon the foundation of the rule of law. American democracy guarantees the right of peaceful protest. Those who chose to engage in violence and anarchy should and will be held accountable under the law.”</div><div>
</div><div>Marshall, speaking to The Montgomery Advertiser on Jan. 12, after a press conference on human trafficking and before Piper’s resignation was announced, said the internal review was ongoing. Asked by the Advertiser whether he felt Trump bore any responsibility for the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday, and for comment on Trump’s potential impeachment, Marshall declined to comment. </div><div>
</div><div>“I didn’t see anything about the rally,” Marshall said, according to the newspaper. “I don’t know anything about his remarks.” </div><div>
</div><div>APR’s questions to Marshall’s office Tuesday about the status of Marshall’s investigation into the matter, and whether he has learned of Piper’s possible attendance at that Jan. 5 meeting, weren’t immediately answered.</div><div>
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</div><div>In this article: Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Featured, Former President Donald Trump, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Capitol attack</div><div>
</div><div>WRITTEN BY</div><div>Eddie Burkhalter is a reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter. You can email him at eburkhalter@alreporter.com or reach him via Twitter.</div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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</font></div><div style=""><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">charles W. Herbster</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (born 1954 or 1955)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is an American </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agribusiness" title="Agribusiness" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">agribusiness</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> executive, cattle producer, political donor, and politician.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> He was an agriculture advisor and chairman of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump</a>'s agriculture and rural advisory committee during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Trump's 2020 presidential campaign</a>. Herbster also ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Governor of Nebraska</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election#Republican_primary" title="2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2014</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election#Republican_primary" title="2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2022</a>.</span></font></p><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;">
</div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life and education</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Career</span></font></a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Agriculture" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Agriculture</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Political_involvement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political involvement</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#2022_gubernatorial_election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2022 gubernatorial election</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Sexual_assault_allegations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Sexual assault allegations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Herbster&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life and education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles Wesley Herbster was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_City,Nebraska" title="Falls City, Nebraska" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Falls City, Nebraska</a>, in 1954 as the only child to Donald Eugene Herbster and the Dorothy M. Herbster (nee Carico).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> Herbster graduated from Falls City High School. He attended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Nebraska–Lincoln</a> for two years, but dropped out and returned home after the death of his mother.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Agriculture">Agriculture</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Herbster is a cattle producer and owns Herbster Angus Farms in Falls City.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:0-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> Herbster's farm in Falls City began as a homestead in 1847 owned by William McKendry Maddox, Herbster's great-great-grandfather. The ranch passed through Maddox's granddaughter, Leta Meyers Carico, who was Herbster's maternal grandmother and whom Herbster credits as his first teacher and mentor.<sup id="cite_ref-showtimes_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-showtimes-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup> Herbster stated his farming practice was inspired in part by champion grower, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Childs" title="Francis Childs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Francis Childs</a>, known for his heavy use of chemicals and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_plowing" title="Deep plowing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">deep plowing</a> methods.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>He also owns Conklin Co., a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kansas City, Missouri</a>-based manufacturing company, which is structured as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing" title="Multi-level marketing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">multi-level marketing (MLM)</a> business,</b><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:1-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup> which he purchased from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Conklin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Conklin (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Conklin</a> with his wife, Judith, in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-JudithObit_9-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-JudithObit-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup> Conklin sells agricultural products including pesticide additives, farm fertilizers, probiotics for livestock, industrial roof coatings, and motor oils. Additional businesses Herbster owns are Herbster Angus Farms in Falls City, Nebraska, and the cattle breeding firm, North American Breeders in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berryville,Virginia" title="Berryville, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Berryville, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup> Herbster bought North American Breeders in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:4-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup> As a breeder, Herbster purchased multiple cows for over $100,000 and multiple bulls for over $600,000 from Schaff's Angus Valley. In February 2019, Herbster purchased the highest-priced bull in auction history, paying $1.5 million for a bull called SAV America (SAV stand for Schaff's Angus Valley), which would be used as breeding stock on Herbster's Virginia farm.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup> He later bought a one-year-old Angus bull for $2.14 million at a North Dakota auction.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:4-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup> Livestock show magazine, The Showtimes, noted Herbster Angus Farms for the adherence of its cattle to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Angus" title="Aberdeen Angus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Angus</a> breed standards and along with high value breeders, Herster frequently purchases winning cattle at youth cattle shows as a way to support youth in the industry. This, along with Herbster's activity in high cost cattle breeding operations led to his being inducted into The Showtimes Magazine Hall of Fame in November 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-showtimes_5-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-showtimes-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_involvement">Political involvement</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Herbster donated $500 to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> in 2004 and $2,300 to a Republican candidate in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup> In 2012, Herbster donated $91,600 to a PAC supporting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign</a>, $10,000 towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Republican_Party" title="Nebraska Republican Party" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nebraska Republican Party</a>, and $2,500 for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Deb Fischer</a>'s campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup> From 2013 to 2015, Herbster contributed nearly $100,000 towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican National Committee</a> and $10,000 to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Robert Aderholt</a>. In 2014, Herbster created the Republican-leaning Ag American super-PAC and contributed $100,000 between 2014 and 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Herbster met <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Donald Trump</a> in 2013 at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago" title="Mar-a-Lago" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mar-a-Lago</a></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">For six weeks, Herbster was a candidate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:1-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[14]</a></sup> He withdrew from the race after concerns were raised about his Nebraska residency.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[16]</a></sup> He later invested $2.7 million into then-Nebraska state senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_McCoy" title="Beau McCoy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Beau McCoy</a>'s campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:1-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[18]</a></sup> Herbster also hinted to the <i style=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_World-Herald" title="Omaha World-Herald" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Omaha World-Herald</a></i> that he funded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money" title="Dark money" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">dark money</a> ads promoting McCoy and attacking other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[19]</a></sup> McCoy placed third in the Republican primary</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Herbster was listed as a possible pick for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Secretary_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of Agriculture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a> in November, 2016, days after Trumps election.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[21]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue" title="Sonny Perdue" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sonny Perdue</a> was announced to that position in January 2017, after which the Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska and 13 other trade groups requested that U.S. president Donald Trump select Herbster as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">United States deputy secretary of agriculture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_22-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:3-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[22]</a></sup> In 2019, Herbster served as the chairman of Trump's agriculture and rural advisory committee.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:0-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[4]</a></sup> He served as an agricultural adviser in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-:5_23-0" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:5-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">On January 5, 2021, Herbster participated in a <b>meeting at Trump International Hotel </b>with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump, Jr.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Trump" title="Eric Trump" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Eric Trump</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Tuberville" title="Tommy Tuberville" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Tommy Tuberville</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn" title="Michael Flynn" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Flynn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Navarro" title="Peter Navarro" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Navarro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski" title="Corey Lewandowski" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Corey Lewandowski</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bossie" title="David Bossie" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">David Bossie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rudy Giuliani</a>, and Adam Piper. Txtwire CEO Daniel Beck stated he also attended the meeting, along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell" title="Mike Lindell" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Mike Lindell</b></a></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>.</b></span><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The group discussed how to pressure more members of Congress to object to the Electoral College results that made Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election.</span><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Herbster also attended Trump's speech on January 6, 2021. Following the rally, he returned to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">White House</a> with Trump family members, and he flew to Florida with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump Jr</a>. and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle" title="Kimberly Guilfoyle" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Kimberly Guilfoyle</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="2021 United States Capitol attack" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2021 United States Capitol attack</a> began.</span><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_23-1" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:5-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2022_gubernatorial_election">2022 gubernatorial election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h3><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election#Republican_primary" title="2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election § Republican primary</a></font></div><div class="thumb tright" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: right; float: right; width: auto; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg/220px-Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg/330px-Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg/440px-Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2593" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Herbster_campaigning_with_Donald_Trump.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Herbster campaigning with Donald Trump in May 2022</font></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In November 2020, Herbster established a campaign committee in preparation for a second gubernatorial race. He selected Omaha City Councilwoman, Aimee Melton as his campaign treasurer.</span><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On April 26, 2021, Herbster declared his candidacy in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nebraska_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election</a>. Until September 2021, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski" title="Corey Lewandowski" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Corey Lewandowski</a> served as a senior advisor before he was let go amid sexual harassment allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_23-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:5-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[23]</a></sup> In 2021, Herbster called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Ben Sasse</a> a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes" title="Looney Tunes" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Looney Tune</a> Senator."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_23-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:5-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[23]</a></sup> Herbster is opposed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_tax_in_the_United_States" title="Estate tax in the United States" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">estate tax in the United States</a>. His opposition to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory" title="Critical race theory" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">critical race theory</a> was a central part of his gubernatorial campaign.</span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMTV-TV" title="KMTV-TV" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">KMTV</a> reported in June 2021 that Herbster had almost 600 late property tax payments on his various properties in Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska. and Virginia. Herbster responded the funds were used for payroll; however, he gave personal donations totaling millions to political campaigns during this same time period</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Donald Trump endorsed Herbster in late 2021.</b> Herbster has shifted between supporting the idea that Trump won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2020 election</a> and stating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Joe Biden</a> is the "duly elected" President.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[32]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[33]</a></sup> Incumbent governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Pete Ricketts</a> denounced the endorsement.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[34]</a></sup> Reid Epstein of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">New York Times</a> characterized the Trump endorsement as the "entire rationale" for the campaign.</span><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In May 2022, Herbster lost the primary election, placing second behind businessman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Pillen" title="Jim Pillen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jim Pillen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Sexual_assault_allegations">Sexual assault allegations</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In April 2022, the <i style="">Nebraska Examiner</i> published a story stating that Nebraska state senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Slama" title="Julie Slama" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Julie Slama</a> and seven other women accused Herbster of groping or forcibly kissing them. The allegations were supported by witnesses. He denies the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[38]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[39]</a></sup> Two weeks later, a former legislative assistant to State Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Murman" title="Dave Murman" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Dave Murman</a> publicly accused Herbster of groping her at the same event in which Slama accused Herbster of groping her.</span><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-40" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-40" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">40]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Herbster filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">defamation</a> lawsuit against Slama in the Johnson County District Court.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[42]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[43]</a></sup> Three days later, Slama filed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Countersuit" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">countersuit</a> against Herbster alleging that Herbster had committed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_battery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual battery" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">sexual battery</a>. Her lawyer called Herbster's lawsuit "a frivolous and bad faith attempt to bully a sexual assault victim into silence".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a></sup> In court papers, Slama gave specific and graphic details on how Herbster assaulted her in public and requested a jury trial.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[46]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[47]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Slama's lawyers sought to depose Herbster before the primary election, but Herbster's lawyers successfully delayed a deposition of their client in May 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[49]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[50]</a></sup> and continued to resist a deposition in June 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a></sup> Slama accused Herbster of waging a "prejudicial media war" against her.</b><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[52]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Although Donald Trump continued to support Herbster in his run for governor after the allegations were made public, the "former president relayed word that Herbster wasn't fighting back hard enough" to dispel the assault allegations<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[53]</a></sup> which encouraged Herbster to release video attack ads against Slama without directly mentioning her name.</span><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-54" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">[</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-54" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">54]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Herbster considers himself an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Christian" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">evangelical Christian</a>.</b><sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-:2-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><b>[</b>14]</a></sup> While a student at the University of Nebraska, Herbster married fellow student Lorienne Gayle Smith in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[55]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a></sup> Their marriage ended in divorce in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a></sup> In 1982, he married Judith Ann Wagg, whom he met through his work at Conklin Company. It was reported that Judith Herbster died on May 2, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-JudithObit_9-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Herbster#cite_note-JudithObit-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reference</font></span></h2></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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