Convoy Organizers Denied Access to $200,000 for Legal Fees

Convoy Organizers Denied Access to $200,000 for Legal Fees
Families join the Freedom Convoy protest in downtown Ottawa after police distributed arrest notices to truckers and their supporters occupying Wellington St. and the Parliament Hill area on Feb. 16, 2022. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times
Marnie Cathcart
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Two organizers of the Freedom Convoy who wanted $200,000 from funds frozen by the court, and held in trust pending a class action lawsuit for honking during the Ottawa protest earlier this year, were turned down by a judge on Dec. 6.

Chris Garrah and Benjamin “BJ” Dichter argued at a hearing on Nov. 15 that they required access to some of the roughly $5 million of funds raised for truckers now held in escrow, to pay for upcoming legal fees.