Mo Brooks told a reporter he wore body armor to the pro-Trump rally that preceded the Capitol riot.
He said he also slept in his office instead of his condo after being tipped off about “risks.”
It’s unclear where he got the warning and whether he told other lawmakers about it.
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama said he wore body armor to Donald Trump’s January 6 rally in Washington, DC, after being tipped off about “risks” in the days leading up to the event, Slate reported.
“I was warned on Monday” – January 4 – “that there might be risks associated with the next few days,” Brooks told the Slate politics writer Jim Newell.
“And as a consequence of those warnings, I did not go to my condo,” he added. “Instead, I slept on the floor of my office. And when I gave my speech at the Ellipse, I was wearing body armor.
“That’s why I was wearing that nice little windbreaker. To cover up the body armor.”
It is unclear whether Brooks warned other lawmakers of “risks.” Brooks also declined to name who had warned him.
Many attendees of the rally at the Ellipse went on to storm the Capitol soon afterward.
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