Denver Riggleman Ties QAnon to White House With 'The Monster' Jan 6 Graph

Former Republican congressman Denver Riggleman presented a graph he called "the monster" to the January 6 House Select committee, showing how several groups were communicating at around the time of the Capitol riot and feeding QAnon conspiracy theories directly into the White House.

In an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes, which was broadcast on Sunday, Riggleman explained how there were six "centers of gravity" who were connected to each other on January 6. He says the evidence comprises about 20 millions lines of data, including emails, phone records and texts.

Riggleman, who worked for the contractor National Security Agency and ran his own data analysis firm before being asked to be part of the January 6 committee, said the "monster" graph represented how often these groups communicated, with thicker lines representing more frequent messages.

Riggleman said the groups that are tied together in the graph are Donald Trump's team, including members of his family, far-right groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, those who took part in the Capitol riot, people who attended the "stop the steal" rally in Washington D.C. on January 6, as well others such as state legislators and proposed alternate electors.

"We don't have text content. What we do have is how long they talked, when they talked. That is very important. And really does suggest that there was much more coordination than the American public can even imagine when it came to January 6th," Riggleman said.

In his new book The Breach, Riggleman described the trove of text messages sent to from Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as the "Crown Jewels."

Speaking to 60 Minutes, Riggleman explained that the communications between Meadows and Trump's family, GOP lawmakers and election conspiracy theorists revealed a "roadmap" between discussions on how to stop Joe Biden becoming president all the way up the White House.

"It showed actually the evolution of the beginning arguments from alternate electors all the way through rally planning, all the way to day of. It showed conspiracy theories. It showed the saturation of QAnon," Riggleman said.

Some of the most controversial texts to Meadows obtained by the January 6 committee were from Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who attempted to urge the chief of staff to stop Biden becoming president, calling the 2020 election the "greatest Heist of our History."

Thomas had also pushed QAnon-related conspiracy theories and rhetoric in her texts, while emailing GOP lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin trying to convince them to "choose" presidential electors who would declare Trump the winner in the state over Biden.

Other texts sent to Meadows include Georgia rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for martial law to be imposed after the 2020 election, which was also being called for at the time by QAnon supporters. Greene herself had admitted to being an early follower of the extremist conspiracy theory movement.

"The Meadows text messages show you an administration that was completely eaten up with a digital virus called QAnon and conspiracy theories: an apocalyptic, Messianic buffoonery. You can look at the text messages as that roadmap, but it's also a look into the psyche of the Republican Party today," Riggleman said.

Criminal Charges

The "monster" graph also revealed that there were at least five calls between the White House and a "stop the steal" activist called Bianca Gracia. Footage has emerged of Garcia meeting with leading members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy in connection to the January 6 attack, on January 5, 2021.

"When you have the White House switchboard and certain other cell phone numbers connected to Bianca Gracia, that is a link that needs to be investigated," Riggleman said. "The thread that needs to be pulled is identifying all the White House numbers, and why we have certain specific people, why they were talking to the White House."

The January 6 committee will hold its latest public hearing of evidence on Wednesday, September 28.

Trump's office has been contacted for comment.