Since that very day, since January 6th, there were indications that some in Congress knew more than others about what might be coming. On January 6th, we were already asking questions about Lauren Boebert’s “It’s 1776” tweet, and then a second Boebert tweet later in the day, “They removed the Speaker.” We later heard about Marjorie Taylor Greene, Roger Stone, and others seemed to know something was coming, we even learned that the White House asked Alex Jones to organize the march from the protest to the Capitol. There were questions about why the reinforcements seemed to be held back, intentionally.

One could write an entire column on the indications that someone high up planned something nefarious and many people knew of it in advance. But for today, we’re focused on one new element, dug up by Slate and then beefed up by our friends at Rawstory:

Rep. Mo Brooks, the yellow windbreaker Alabama representative who told the crowd to kick some ass and take names, admitted to Slate.com that he wore  body armor under his windbreaker. How odd? Wasn’t Brooks supposed to be one of the good guys? Yes, but he said he knew there might be trouble.

Brooks told Slate that he had been warned that things might get rough on January 6th. “That’s why I was wearing that nice little windbreaker. To cover up the body armor.” Apparently Brooks was grinning as he admitted it, which is also odd. One would think it would be a dark moment, recalling one’s fear.  Additionally, isn’t a public speaker more likely to wear a bullet-proof vest? Why did Brooks believe he might be in a fight?

The full quote from Slate as related by Rawstory:

“Then, to prove his point about preparation, he revealed a new detail to me: that because of a tip he’d received about potential violence, he’d been wearing body armor at the very same Ellipse speech in which he encouraged rally attendees to ‘start taking down names and kicking ass.‘”

A tip? Now that would seem to be something extremely important for the committee to investigate. Who might have known two days prior to January 6th? (January 4th was a Monday, the riot happened on Wendsday ) The committee should call Brooks and ask who warned him and scared him enough to wear body armor, which is not normal, nor something that people normally have lying around.

“I was warned on Monday that there might be risks associated with the next few days. And as a consequence of those warnings, I did not go to my condo. Instead, I slept on the floor of my office. And when I gave my speech at the Ellipse, I was wearing body armor.

Why would he have trouble at home in his condo? Is he saying he was worried that people might come to the condo and go after him? That is just fcking bizarre! Or, as just an alternative theory, did Brooks know that meetings were being held and that the Capitol was ground zero for what was about to come and he had to be there, perhaps to walk around at night?

All of the above sounds like critical information that the committee must address and last night, Ali Velshi practically demanded it on Wednesday night, referencing Mo Brooks’ interview and saying: (Video Below)

We don’t know who will be getting subpoenas from that committee, but select committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), told us on this program last night that those subpoenas are going out, soon. In terms of what led to and prompted the Jan 6th attack? The lies about election fraud. The narrative of a stolen election. The fantasy that Donald Trump’s election loss could be overturned.

That, all, needs to be investigated by this select committee. But that is not just stuff that happened before Jan 6th. As far as a false narrative about the 2020 election that is inciting people to violence or potential violence, we’re all living in an active crime scene, right now. This is ongoing.”

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