Jones Claims Infowars Co-Host Is Deep State Plant

NPR recaps a moment from yesterday’s hearing:

On Dec. 19, the former president tweeted “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. Big protest in D.C. on january 6th. Be there, will be wild!” This tweet and its message proliferated across right-wing media platforms from print to broadcast, Rep. Jamie Raskin said.

“He is now calling for we the people to take actions and to show our numbers,” said Alex Jones, in a video. “The time for games is over. The time for action is now.”

Matt Bracken, an Infowars commentator, told viewers: “We will only be saved by millions of Americans moving to Washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary, storming into the Capitol…”

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Alex Jones responds to the J6 Committee playing clips of him today. Alex says when his co-host Matt Bracken told his InfoWars audience to “storm into the Capitol” on J6, he had no idea Matt was going to say that. He then suggests he was a Deep State plant to infiltrate his show. pic.twitter.com/qnX0mf7DMU

— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) July 13, 2022

The Jan. 6th committee highlighted four right-wing media personalities that it says helped incite the insurrection:

– Alex Jones
– Tim Pool
– Salty Cracker
– Matt Bracken pic.twitter.com/lWysgUYZYz

— The Recount (@therecount) July 12, 2022