EXCLUSIVE: ‘Pathetic Piece Of Trash’: House Republicans Respond To Rolling Stone Piece Alleging Capitol Riot Coordination
Multiple Republican members of Congress are pushing back against allegations that they helped plan the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally that devolved into the Capitol riot.
An article published Sunday by Rolling Stone claimed that two individuals involved with planning the “Stop the Steal” rally met with “close to a dozen other members at one point or another or their staffs.” Both individuals are cooperating with the House Select Committee investigating the riot, according to the report. The planners claimed to have met with six members of the House Freedom Caucus, four of whom directly denied the allegations.
“I remember [Georgia Rep.] Marjorie Taylor Greene specifically,” one of the planners reportedly said.
Greene denied meeting with any rally organizers, calling the allegations “ridiculous” and Rolling Stone a “pathetic piece of trash” for publishing them.
“They’re talking about their sources and sources and quoting sources, but not giving names, so that just reminds me of the whole Russian collusion lie, and the type of language that Adam Schiff uses when he’s talking about sources,” she told the Daily Caller.
“The whole thing is their same playbook,” Greene continued. “Make up a story, publish it, then all the other outlets rinse and repeat.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 27: (L-R) Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hold a news conference outside the U.S. Department of Justice on July 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
One of the individuals cited by Rolling Stone claimed to have met with “teams” for Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar “like back to back to back to back.”
A spokesperson for Cawthorn also denied the allegations.
“These anonymous accusations are complete garbage. Neither the congressman nor his staff had advance knowledge of what transpired at the Capitol on Jan. 6 or participated in any alleged ‘planning process.’ Unhinged Democrats are trying to impeach President Trump a third time by going after his defenders in the Congress, and apparently only Rolling Stones would stoop low enough to accept their narrative built on anonymous sources. We see through their BS,” the spokesperson said.
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs also denied through a spokesperson allegations that he and his staff were involved in planning the rally.
“Rep. Biggs has addressed the events of Jan. 6th several times and has made his lack of involvement abundantly clear. It should come as no surprise that baseless claims by ‘anonymous sources’ were given a public platform by a fake news tabloid such as Rolling Stone. The Far Left is terrified that the American people hold Biden and the Democrats accountable for their failing socialist agenda, and are attempting to deflect,” the spokesperson told the Daily Caller.
One of the individuals also claimed that Gosar spoke with then-President Donald Trump about a “blanket pardon” for any people involved with the rally. Gosar’s chief of staff, Thomas Van Flein, was named by the Select Committee in a Sept. 30 records request to the National Archives.
Both individuals cited in the Rolling Stone article claimed to be in contact with Boebert and Gosar on Jan. 6.
Boebert declined the Daily Caller’s request for comment.
“The Rolling Stone ‘story’ is categorically false and defamatory,” Gosar told the Caller
The House Select Committee is expected to request the telecommunications records of eleven House Republicans believed to be involved with planning the rally, CNN reported in August. Biggs, Boebert, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, Cawthorn, Greene, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, and Gosar were named in both the Rolling Stone report and the CNN report. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Two Republicans Say They Have Not Received Phone Record Subpoena Alerts)
Brooks did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.
The Select Committee also requested in August that National Archivist David Ferriero provide communications between the Trump White House and all members of Congress. It is continuing to subpoena former Trump administration officials and collect testimony.
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