An organizer of “Stop the Steal” events after the 2020 election is cooperating with the Justice Department’s investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Ali Alexander, a right-wing activist, is taking “a cooperative posture” after receiving a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about people who attended rallies in support of former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., after the November contest, his lawyer said in a statement. The “new” grand jury subpoena said Alexander is not a “target” of the investigation, his lawyer added.
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Alexander participated in other Washington and Georgia events after the election, as well as the one at the Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, and got a permit for another on the east side of the Capitol that day that never took place amid the violence disrupting lawmakers certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. Alexander has said he worked with Republican Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Paul Gosar of Arizona, and Andy Biggs of Arizona to plan the events.
CONFIRMED: Stop the Steal founder Ali Alexander says he’s cooperating with the Justice Department after receiving a grand jury subpoena related to the Jan. 6 rally on the ellipse.
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“We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting,” Alexander said in a now-deleted video posted online, “so that who we couldn’t lobby, we could change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside.”
Alexander provided the House committee investigating the Capitol riot, which subpoenaed him, communications he had with Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally, on Jan. 6, according to the New York Times. He said through his lawyer that he spoke with Stone about “logistics” and the “warring factions” of organizers.
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After attending the rally where Trump spoke on the Ellipse, Alexander walked with the crowd toward the Capitol and was seen on a video saying he did not disavow what he saw from a distance. But through his lawyer, Alexander denied committing any crimes or being in possession of any evidence that others planned to commit unlawful acts.
“I want to be clear now,” his statement also said. “I disavow and denounce anyone who in any way planned to occupy buildings or engage in violence on Jan. 6.”
