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The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has brought on Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) as an advisor, Bloomberg News reports.
Riggleman, a former National Security Agency contractor, served one term in Congress before being successfully primaried by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) in 2020.
The former congressman has been a harsh critic of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by President Joe Biden.
Less than one week after the January 6th insurrection by supporters of former President Donald Trump seeking to overturn the election, Riggleman called for Trump's impeachment.
Here is how he laid out his thoughts:
QAnon adherents and those who believe “Stop the Steal" conspiracies view this as a vanguard movement of apocalyptic and revolutionary ideology. QAnon is “syncretic" now including fantasies pushed by Flynn, Powell etc— that deep state evil doers are afraid of evidence against them
— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) January 12, 2021
If there is no accountability for POTUS & allies pushing radical conspiracies, those who believe Trump is the ordained protector will believe the conspiracies true, that he had so much evidence against evil-doers they would not convict him. Future violence could be encouraged
— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) January 12, 2021
Lastly, responsibility of leadership is to identify the facts and act in good faith, even when hard. Jan 6th proved that disinformation could destroy our Republic. White Nationalists were there! Our adversaries know that also. Let's stop disinfo from inside & outside. Impeach
— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) January 12, 2021
