Republican lawmakers implicated in an explosive Sunday report detailing alleged coordination behind events that led to the January 6 Capitol riot are tearing into the allegations made against them.
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona criticized Rolling Stone for using 'baseless claims' and 'anonymous sources' in its report on Tuesday.
'Congressman 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,' Biggs' communications director Hilton Beckham told DailyMail.com.
'The Far Left are terrified that the American people hold Biden and the Democrats accountable for their failing socialist agenda, and are attempting to deflect.'
Biggs was one of several GOP House representatives named as having communicated with pro-Trump rally organizers ahead of the protests held on January 6.
The others are: Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.
Rep. Greene, when asked by CNN about her involvement, said the 'only thing' she was involved in was objecting to the election results and reportedly asked of Rolling Stone: 'Shouldn't they cover music?'
Reps. Andy Biggs and Marjorie Taylor Greene took shots at Rolling Stone's credibility over its January 6 report
Rep. Lauren Boebert denied the allegations made against her while Rep. Paul Gosar has kept mum on the report
While the report fails to explicitly link the lawmakers to the Capitol riot, some of the claims made by two anonymous Trump supporters who planned events on January 6 would mean lawmakers and members of Donald Trump's orbit had more knowledge of the potential for violence to break out than previously known.
Rep. Louie Gohmert threatened to take legal action and demanded that Rolling Stone release the names of its sources.
He also echoed the baseless claim that the US intelligence community was behind the Capitol riot.
'No one in my office, including me, participated in the planning of the rally or in any criminal activity on January 6. We did not attend of participate at all. However, I am extremely interested to find out who, besides the FBI operatives, did plan the events on January 6,' Gohmert said on Twitter Monday.
'For the purpose of a potential defamation lawsuit against those making baseless accusations of a crime, I need to know who these persons are who are alleging that I helped.'
Rep. Lauren Boebert, who the report claims frequently communicated with rally organizers in the lead-up to January 6, also released a statement on Monday flatly denying the allegations.
'Let me be clear. I had no role in the planning or execution of any event that took place at the Capitol or anywhere in Washington, DC on January 6th. With the help of my staff, I accepted an invitation to speak at one event but ultimately I did not speak at any events on January 6th,' Boebert said.
'Once again, the media is acting as a messaging tool for the radical left.'
Boebert posted her statement to Twitter and made a reference to pop star Ariana Grande's song 'thank u, next'
Rep. Louie Gohmert threatened legal action in his statement
She ended the statement, 'Now, grasping at straws, Rolling Stone is using anonymous sources and shoddy reporting to attack me. Thank you, next.'
Boebert was named as one of the featured speakers at a rally planned for the Capitol lawn that day. The sources in the report claimed they went as high as to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows with concerns that event could turn violent.
Rolling Stone also claimed to obtain 'documentary evidence' that its sources were in contact with Boebert and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar on January 6.
Rep. Mo Brooks claimed he didn't know whether his staff was communicating with rally organizers in a conversation with the Montgomery Advertiser on Monday.
'If you’re talking about someone participating in meetings, setting the agenda, raising the money, I don’t know of anything that suggests my staff as doing that stuff,' Brooks told the outlet.
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