The move is likely to give a boost to the Justice Department’s recently expanded investigation, which is being conducted in parallel with a House committee investigation into Donald Trump and the Capitol attack. A lawyer for Alexander – the organizer of the Stop the Steal movement – told the Guardian that he had agreed to work with the justice department after the grand jury was summoned, but said it was not the target of the investigation. The news of his collaboration was previously reported by the New York Times. In a lengthy statement through his lawyer, Alexander denounced the process as “hostile”, but said he would comply with the jury’s inquiry into the “Save America First” events for Women for America First that immediately preceded it. attack on the Capitol. “I did not do anything wrong and I do not have any evidence that anyone else had any plans to commit any wrongdoing,” Alexander said in a statement. He has also denounced anyone who participated in or planned violence on January 6, 2021. Alexander said he did not think he could provide prosecutors with anything useful for the investigation, noting that he had not funded the equipment used for the Save America rally at the Ellipse near the White House and had not discussed security at the event with him. Trump White. Home. The statement added that it had not coordinated with the Proud Boys militia and had only accepted a proposal from the Oath Keepers militia to act as security for a separate event planned near the Capitol, which did not take place. . It was not clear what help Alexander could provide. But he was deeply involved in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and had contacts with members of Congress and, according to the House select committee, White House officials. This is now of interest to the Justice Department, which recently expanded its investigation into Jan. 6 to include pushing for Trump to return to power, after spending months focusing solely on the rioters who invaded the Capitol. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice declined to comment. The summons to Alexander by the grand jury overseen by federal prosecutors suggests that the Justice Department’s investigation could go beyond that of the selection committee, to which he testified voluntarily for about eight hours last December. He also points out that the criminal investigation could reach Trump’s inner circle, with the summons requiring information about members of the legislature and the executive who were involved in efforts to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory.
