A key determine in the “Stop the Steal” motion after the 2020 election says he’s cooperating with the Justice Department’s investigation into the assault on the Capitol after receiving a subpoena.
Ali Alexander, who helped set up a sequence of pro-Trump occasions in November and December of 2020 after President Joe Biden received the election, mentioned in an announcement Friday {that a} federal grand jury is in search of information linked to rallies held by Trump supporters in Washington.
He is the first high-profile determine recognized to cooperate with the Justice Department’s probe.
“I don’t believe I have information that will be useful to them but I’m cooperating as best I can further reiterating that I’m not a target because I did nothing wrong,” Alexander mentioned in an announcement by means of his lawyer.
He mentioned the information sought by the grand jury touched on the group “Women for America First” and the “Save America” rally that happened earlier than a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Alexander’s cooperation was first reported by The New York Times.
Jonathon Moseley, a lawyer who has represented Alexander in a lawsuit associated to Jan. 6 however was acquainted with the grand jury subpoena, cautioned that Alexander’s cooperation might not be as revelatory as some would possibly hope.
“The word cooperate is sometimes uncertain because that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily going to say anything that some people think he’s going to say but he’s going to answer the questions that he can,” Moseley advised NBC News.
Alexander took half in a pair of “Stop the Steal” rallies in Washington in November and December forward of former President Donald Trump’s occasion at the Ellipse on Jan. 6.
In his assertion, Alexander additionally referred to an occasion he deliberate for Jan. 6 however “never happened” due to the Capitol riot.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault beforehand requested Alexander’s testimony and paperwork in flurry of subpoenas despatched to organizers of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, together with Nathan Martin. In early December, Alexander sat for a deposition with the committee and gave it a bunch of paperwork that supplied perception into a few of the actions that led as much as the assault.
Alexander referred to that deposition in his assertion Friday.
“While others have rightfully invoked their constitutional rights to protect themselves from what is perceived as a partisan investigation, I have fully complied with a subpoena by the Democrats January 6th Committee and testified, under oath, for 8 hours,” he mentioned.
The sprawling federal investigation, which had primarily centered on rioters on the floor on the day of the assault, has expanded into inspecting probably seditious conspiracy, and broached the planning behind the rally that preceded the assault on the Capitol.
Members of the far-right Oath Keepers have additionally pleaded responsible to diminished expenses in instances associated to the assault and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
On Friday, Proud Boys chief Charles Donohoe, who was charged in a conspiracy case associated to the assault, pleaded responsible and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as they put together for trial towards different members of the extremist group.
In his assertion, Alexander mentioned he “did not coordinate any movements with the Proud Boys or even see them that day,” and that whereas he was in touch with members of the Oath Keepers, “I wasn’t in communication with any of the aforementioned groups while I was near the Capitol working to get people away from the building.”
Alexander additionally denied any wrongdoing.
“I did nothing wrong and I am not in possession of evidence that anyone else had plans to commit unlawful acts,” he mentioned. “I denounce anyone who planned to subvert my permitted event and the other permitted events of that day on Capitol grounds to stage any counterproductive activities.”