Ali Alexander Alleges Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Was a Government ‘Psyop’
Ali Alexander, a prominent figure in the far-right “Stop the Steal” campaign, has shifted his narrative, now claiming the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol was a government-orchestrated “psyop.” Alexander made these assertions during an appearance on “The Pete Santilli Show” last Thursday.
Alexander, who has been vocal in promoting the baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, suggested that “agent provocateurs” were involved in inciting the violence at the Capitol. He asserted that these provocateurs were part of a psychological operation aimed at agitating the crowd.
Pete Santilli, the host, introduced Alexander as “a skilled internet operative … in the crosshairs of the Deep State.” During the interview, Santilli queried, “Do you think they reverse engineered this conspiracy charge that [they] are now going to bring down upon a whole bunch of people?”
Alexander responded, “They reverse engineered this as soon as we decided that we were going to, in fact, go to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.” He further elaborated that lanyards with unauthorized graphics were a significant clue in uncovering this alleged conspiracy.
“And what it turns out is that there are photographs of people who have lanyards of unauthorized graphics that were in the early stages of the December announcement of Jan. 6. So what I knew basically, at the end of January, beginning of February, was that what you just said, that some agent provocateurs were funded, that there is a D.C. printer that has a work order for these lanyards, and that this had to be in the plot the day that we announced that we were going … to go to D.C. Jan. 6. Three days later, the president endorsed the idea of Jan. 6, this is when whether it’s the Deep State, or it’s the private security state, somebody chose to start interfering immediately with our plans. …
As we reverse engineer this, a lot of people are coming to find out that there weren’t just agent provocateurs there, there was an actual psyop that intended to, um, to agitate and cite and incentivize a large crowd to then turn into a mob that would not have been possible had Speaker Pelosi done her job and FBI done their job. So the question becomes is: Is this a coincidence? Or is this a conspiracy of both state actors and nonstate actors?”
The conversation also touched on Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers, who was recently arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy. Santilli suggested that Rhodes had been targeted by the government prior to the Capitol attack.
Alexander hinted at the right-wing conspiracy theory that Rhodes was a government informant, stating, “There’s been a lot of questions surrounding Stewart Rhodes, you know, and I think that those questions should be answered.” He added that the Oath Keepers were engaging in “cosplay” rather than committing sedition, saying, “I do not believe that Stewart Rhodes or the Oath Keepers committed sedition. I think that they had some larpy conversations, I believe that they are playing cosplay. I believe they had some inappropriate conversations, but nothing that rises up to what the government’s alleging.”
When asked why he testified before Congress while others refused to cooperate, Alexander cited financial constraints. “I’m really smart,” he said. “And I’ve been on the stand before. So I’m not just somebody who has an academic understanding or structural understanding of this.” He noted that fighting a subpoena would incur a “$250,000 litigation bill,” which he could not afford.
Alexander, who claims he has “lost everything” since January 6, portrayed himself as a victim of the alleged operation. “This was an operation from the jump, and we are victims of it,” he stated.
At the end of the interview, Alexander solicited donations, directing listeners to Give Send Go, a Christian fundraising platform that has supported various right-wing campaigns.
