On Saturday, GOP Rep. Mo Brooks, of Alabama, released a text message he received from “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection, but said his phone “didn’t recognize the sender,” Politico’s Kyle Cheney reported.
“Congressman, this is Ali Alexander. I am the founder of Stop the Steal, the protests happening in all 50 states,” the message stated. “We met years ago back in 2010, during the tea party when you were first elected. I texted the wrong number. I had intended to invite you to our giant Saturday prayer rally in DC, this past weekend. Also Gen. (Michael) Flynn should be giving you a ring. We stand ready to help. Jan 6th is a big moment in our republic.”
As noted by Raw Story, Brooks released the text message after Alexander revealed that he had been in communication with the congressman prior to Jan. 6 — both in testimony before a House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection and in a lawsuit filed Friday seeking to keep his cell-phone records secret.
Alexander has also claimed in a since-deleted video that he worked with Brooks, as well as Arizona GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Rep. Andy Biggs, “to attempt to use Congress’ Jan. 6 session certifying Biden’s victory as a chance to pressure lawmakers to overturn the electoral results,” according to Politico.
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In a lengthy statement released by his office on Saturday, Brooks said his cell phone “did not recognize the sender” and that “to the best of Brooks’ knowledge,” the phone call from Flynn to which Alexander alluded “never happened.”
The statement further claims that “the insinuation that this single text to Congressman Brooks from an unknown number by someone claiming to be ‘Ali Alexander’ somehow suggests Congressman Brooks in any way helped plan the Capitol attack is absurd, outrageous and defamatory.”
UPDATE: Mo BROOKS has released his text message from Ali Alexander. It references an anticipated phone call from Gen. Flynn: https://t.co/h2OMBPLZyd pic.twitter.com/ackCe2b9v4
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 19, 2021
Brooks' full response to the text:https://t.co/h2OMBPLZyd pic.twitter.com/HXlrWvNjdR
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 19, 2021
