Brooks also said the call with Flynn, a former national security advisor in the Trump administration, never happened. The statement said Brooks had no knowledge of the text message’s sender and that, if it was Alexander, Brooks has not talked to him in a decade. 6 is a big moment for our republic,” the message added. I had intended to invite you to our giant Saturday prayer rally in DC, this past weekend,” the text message read. We met years ago back in 2010, during the tea party when you were first elected. I am the founder of Stop the Steal, the protests happening in all 50 states. 10 text message Alexander allegedly sent him, highlighting that he did not recognize the number that sent it.

In a statement on Saturday, Brooks shared what he said was the Dec. 9 deposition, according to the filing, Alexander told the select committee he never spoke on the phone to Brooks or Biggs but did have “a few phone conversations” with Gosar.Īlexander also allegedly “exchanged a text message” with Brooks that his lawyers said he provided to the select committee. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.).Īt a Dec. 6.Īli Alexander’s lawyers revealed in a Friday court filing that Alexander told lawmakers he had communications with Republican Reps. 6 House select committee about communications he had with Republican representatives leading up to the rally on Jan. “The text exchange between Congressman Brooks and the 202 number claiming to be Ali Alexander was so innocuous and forgettable that Congressman Brooks did not recall it,” Mills said.An organizer behind the “Stop the Steal” rally testified to the Jan. Jan 6th is a big moment in our republic.”Īsked by APR to clarify the January statement that Brooks had “no recollection of ever communicating in any way with whoever Ali Alexander is” Clay Mills, Brooks’s spokesman, in a message to APR on Sunday explained that Brooks simply forgot about the text from Alexander, sent 27 days prior to APR’s inquiry. (Michael) Flynn should be giving you a ring. I had intended to invite you to our giant Saturday prayer rally in DC, this past weekend. “We met years ago back in 2010, during the tea party when you were first elected. I am the founder of Stop the Steal, the protests happening in all 50 states,” Alexander wrote in the text, shared by Brooks. Capitol, Brooks admitted to the communication, releasing the text he got from Alexander, in addition to lengthy comments appearing to attempt to downplay the significance of that communication, calling the text “100% benign.” 6 Committee about his communications with Republican lawmakers ahead of the deadly Jan. 6, but Brooks’s spokesman 27 days later told APR the congressman had “no recollection of ever communicating in any way with whoever Ali Alexander is.”īut after Alexander supplied text messages, documents and testimony to the Jan. 16 got a text message from far-right activist Ali Alexander, the man behind the Stop the Steal rally at the U.S. 6 rally near the Capitol in which he told the crowd it was time to start “taking down names and kicking ass.” Brooks was wearing body armor when he gave that speech.īrooks on Dec.

“Quite frankly, I’d be proud of them if they did help organize a First Amendment rally to protest voter fraud and election theft,” Brooks said of his staff, AL.com reported.īrooks gave a speech at that Jan. “So I want to let you guys know how we’re responding, because I was the person who came up with the January 6th idea, with Congressman Gosar, Congressman Mo Brooks and then-Congressman Andy Biggs,” Alexander said in the live stream video, which was archived by Jason Paladino, an investigator with the Project on Government Oversight. 6 rally, aimed at pressuring Congress as members counted electoral votes. Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs in helping him plan the Jan. The attorney said Alexander was taking a “cooperative posture.”ĭays prior to the riot, Alexander posted a video in which he named Brooks and Arizona U.S. Justice Department’s inquiry, The New York Times reported last week.Īli Alexander, who has said that Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, helped him plan the scheme to put pressure on Congress during the Electoral College vote, through his attorney told the newspaper he had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury investigating several broad categories of those connected to pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington after the election, The New York Times reported. 6, 2021, the day of the failed insurrection, agreed to cooperate with the U.S. The far-right activist behind the Stop the Steal rally, planned for outside the U.S Capitol on Jan.

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