After the 2020 election, Biggs was allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the election results in favor of Trump and planning the January 6th protest at the Capitol that escalated into a violent insurrection. The congressional committee investigating January 6th subpoenaed Biggs after allegations that he attended a White House meeting to strategize ways to overturn the election results, including sending fake electors to the capitol, and asked the Arizona speaker of the house to support decertifying Arizona’s electors. Biggs pledged to publish the “lies” of the January 6th committee after they referred Biggs to the House Ethics Committee for failing to comply with the subpoena, which Biggs called a “baseless witch hunt.”
Additionally, pro-Trump personality and “Stop the Steal” movement founder Ali Alexander claimed multiple times that Biggs helped him plan January 6th, along with Congressmen Paul Gosar and Mo Brooks.
Biggs associated with far-right extremist groups including the Proud Boys and College Republicans United, and attended a second amendment rally the groups sponsored in 2024. The Proud Boys were known for their white nationalist, anti-Muslim, and misogynistic rhetoric, as well as instigating violence against other activists, while College Republicans United promoted anti-Semitic texts and was associated with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
May 2022: The Congressional January 6th Committee Subpoenaed Biggs For Allegedly “Being An Active Participant” In Meetings To Keep Trump In Power, Encouraging Protesters To Come To Washington, Persuading State Officials The Election Was Stolen, And Seeking A Pardon From Trump For Efforts To Overturn The Election. According to the Associated Press, “Three more House Republicans received requests Monday to voluntarily appear before the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection and answer questions about their involvement in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. The committee sent letters to GOP Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Ronny Jackson of Texas, three conservative lawmakers who have aligned themselves with Trump. […] The committee’s interest in Biggs is on the heels of an April 22 court filing in which lawmakers accused him of being an active participant in White House meetings after the 2020 election, where he and other Republicans brainstormed ways to keep Trump in power. Biggs is also accused of encouraging protesters to come to Washington on Jan. 6 as well as persuading state legislators and officials that the election was stolen. The panel also said it has ‘recent information from former White House personnel’ that identified an effort by certain House GOP lawmakers to seek a presidential pardon for activities related to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. ‘Your name was identified as a potential participant in that effort,’ the committee wrote to Biggs.” [Associated Press, 9/27/23]
December 21, 2020: Biggs Attended A Meeting With Trump To Strategize Overturning The 2020 Election Results Along With Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Andy Harris, Jody Hice, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Brian Babin, Louie Gohmert, And Marjorie Taylor Greene. According to the Georgia Recorder, “The committee also documented a Dec. 21 meeting Trump had with Republican House members to strategize about how to reverse the election results. Members who attended included Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Harris of Maryland, Jody Hice of Georgia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert of Texas. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’d been elected but was not yet a member of Congress, was also present, according to the committee.” [Georgia Recorder, 7/13/22]
The Congressional January 6th Committee Said A December 21st Meeting Between Trump And Republican Lawmakers Centered On “Pence’s Role In Verifying Electoral College Votes” And The “Strategy To Replace Legitimate Slates Of Electors […] With Fake Electors Who Would Cast Ballots For Trump.” According to the Georgia Recorder, “The U.S. House panel investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results described Tuesday how the president explicitly called on his supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 for a ‘wild’ protest — resulting in an insurrection. […] The committee also documented a Dec. 21 meeting Trump had with Republican House members to strategize about how to reverse the election results. Members who attended included Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Harris of Maryland, Jody Hice of Georgia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert of Texas. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’d been elected but was not yet a member of Congress, was also present, according to the committee. The Dec. 21 meeting centered, in part, on Vice President Mike Pence’s role in verifying Electoral College votes and on the pursuit of Trump outside lawyer John Eastman’s strategy to replace legitimate slates of electors in several states with fake electors who would cast ballots for Trump.” [Georgia Recorder, 7/13/22]
Republican Speaker Of The Arizona House Rusty Bowers Claimed Biggs Called Him On The Morning Of January 6th, 2021, And Asked Him To Support Decertifying Arizona’s Electors. According to The Hill, “Rusty Bowers, the Republican Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, said that Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, called him on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, asking him to support the decertification of electors. ‘He asked if I would sign on both to a letter that had been sent from my state, and/or that I would support the decertification of the electors,’ Bowers said at a Tuesday hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. ‘I said I would not,’ Bowers added.” [The Hill, 6/21/22]
After Being Subpoenaed, Biggs Called The January 6th Committee’s Investigation A “Baseless Witch Hunt” And “Nothing More Than An Effort To Distract The American People From The Democrats’ And Biden’s Disastrous Leadership.” According to AZ Central, “At the time of the subpoena, Biggs described the committee's efforts as political and intended to hurt Republicans. ‘Today’s actions by the illegitimate January 6 Committee are pure political theater,’ he said in May. ‘The subpoenas and news of their issuance were leaked to the media before the impacted Members. The January 6 Committee’s ongoing, baseless witch hunt is nothing more than an effort to distract the American people from the Democrats’ and (President Joe) Biden’s disastrous leadership. The border is in crisis, inflation is skyrocketing, crime is rampant, and Democrats are focused on fabricating their own facts to take down Republican leaders.’” [AZ Central, 12/19/22]
December 2022: The January 6th Committee Referred Biggs To The House Ethics Committee For Failing To Comply With Their Subpoena. According to AZ Central, “Rep. Andy Biggs was among four Republican members of Congress referred Monday to the House Ethics Committee for failing to comply with a subpoena from the panel that investigated the riot at the U.S. Capitol. The move means that Biggs, R-Ariz., could face investigation by the bipartisan ethics committee and comes as he has thrown into disarray the battle for the House speakership with another member referred to the ethics committee, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.” [AZ Central, 12/19/22]
Biggs Said The January 6th Committees Referral To The Ethics Committee Showed “They Only Wanted The Testimony To Have The Ability To Edit And Misconstrue Our Statements To Further Their Own False Narratives,” And Said He Looked “Forward To Reviewing Their Documents, Publishing Their Lies, And Setting The Record Straight In The 118th Congress.” According to AZ Central, “Biggs was characteristically defiant in a statement released late Monday after the final scheduled public meeting of the Democrat-led, bipartisan select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. […] ‘An eleventh-hour referral to the House Ethics Committee proves the sham J6 committee never truly needed our testimony,’ Biggs said. ‘They only wanted the testimony to have the ability to edit and misconstrue our statements to further their own false narratives, as they did with so many other witnesses. This referral is their final political stunt. It's inappropriate to use the House Ethics Committee — a committee with more pressing matters to attend to — to help reach the J6 Committee’s pre-determined conclusions. The J6 Committee has defamed my name and my character, and I look forward to reviewing their documents, publishing their lies, and setting the record straight in the 118th Congress.’” [AZ Central, 12/19/22]
Pro-Trump Personality And “Stop The Steal” Movement Founder Ali Alexander Claimed Biggs Helped Him “Plan The January 6th Event That Culminated In A Storming Of The Capitol.” According to The Intercept, “The head of the House Freedom Caucus, Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, helped plan the January 6 event that culminated in a storming of the Capitol, according to Ali Alexander, a lead organizer of the gathering. Alexander, a pro-Trump personality, was an early founder of the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement and helped bring together various right-wing factions around a mass event on January 6, aimed to coincide with objections to the counting of Electoral College votes.” [Intercept, 1/11/21]
Alexander Claimed Him, Biggs, And Congressmen Paul Gosar And Mo Brooks “Schemed Up” The Idea “Of Putting Maximum Pressure On Congress While They Were Voting” To Confirm The Results Of The 2020 Election. According to The Intercept, “Alexander made his comments in a livestream posted December 28. Jason Paladino, an investigator with the Project on Government Oversight, archived the video from Alexander’s now-suspended account and provided it to The Intercept. ‘I was the person who came up with the January 6 idea with Congressman Gosar, Congressman Mo Brooks, and then Congressman Andy Biggs. We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting so that who we couldn’t lobby, we could change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body hearing our loud roar from outside,’ Alexander said in the livestream.” [Intercept, 1/11/21]
December 21, 28, And 29: Alexander Claimed Three Separate Times He Was Working With Biggs, Brooks, And Gosar To Plan January 6th. According to The Intercept, “Alexander made his comments in a livestream posted December 28. Jason Paladino, an investigator with the Project on Government Oversight, archived the video from Alexander’s now-suspended account and provided it to The Intercept. ‘I was the person who came up with the January 6 idea with Congressman Gosar, Congressman Mo Brooks, and then Congressman Andy Biggs.’ […] Alexander reiterated the claim of collaborating with Biggs, Gosar, and Brooks a second time, using almost identical language in a December 29 livestream similarly provided by Paladino, who has tracked Alexander. ‘I’m the guy who came up with the idea of January 6 when I was talking with Congressman Gosar, Congressman Andy Biggs, and Congressman Mo Brooks.’ […] On December 21, Alexander made the same claim on a livestream. ‘We’re working closely with Congressman Mo Brooks, we’re working closely with Congressman Andy Biggs, and closely with, obviously, Congressman Paul Gosar, my great friend,’” [Intercept, 1/11/21]
Alexander Said Biggs Sent Him A Video In Which Biggs Told January 6th Protesters “I Wish I Could Be With You Today,” And Implored Them To “Keep Fighting.” According to The Intercept, “‘One of the other heroes has been Congressman Andy Biggs. Now, when the good doctor Paul, now a friend, has been concentrating on the movement, Andy Biggs has been running ahead of him and whipping votes in Congress. So he stayed in Washington, D.C.,’ Alexander noted, explaining that Biggs had ‘sent us a video.’ In the video, Biggs tells the audience: ‘I wish I could be with you today. I pledge to you that I’m going to keep fighting for President Trump. And when it comes to January 6, I’ll be right down there in the well of the House with my friend from Alabama, Mo Brooks, and dozens of others who will join me as we look at some of the elections around the country and we say, ‘How do you explain that?’ And more than that, we’re going to stand up for this president and for the voters of America. That’s legal; not only is it legal, that’s constitutional; not only is it constitutional, it’s the moral thing to do. And we’re going to keep fighting. And I implore you to keep fighting too.’ When asked why Biggs would record a video for someone he doesn’t know, Stefanski told The Intercept: ‘Rep. Gosar’s team asked for the video, and he provided it.’” [Intercept, 1/11/21]
February 2024: Biggs Attended The 11th Annual Second Amendment Rally In Front Of Arizona’s State Capitol. According to AZ Central, “U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs over the weekend appeared at a rally that was co-sponsored by several extremist organizations, including the state’s chapter of the Proud Boys, and a student group that has promoted anti-Jewish materials. Held in front of Arizona’s state Capitol, the 11th annual Second Amendment Rally featured not only a roster of gun rights advocates, but also several players from the state’s right-wing fringe.” [AZ Central, 2/20/24]
The Arizona Chapter Of College Republicans United Was A “Foundational Sponsor” Of The Second Amendment Rally. According to AZ Central, “One of the event’s ‘foundational sponsors’ was the College Republicans United, a student group with chapters in Arizona that embraces white supremacy.” [AZ Central, 2/20/24]
The Arizona Chapter Of The Right-Wing Group The Proud Boys Was A Sponsor Of The Second Amendment Rally. According to AZ Central, “Arizona’s chapter of the Proud Boys, the right-wing group known for promoting political violence, also was a sponsor of Saturday’s rally.” [AZ Central, 2/20/24]
The Proud Boys Were Known For Using White Nationalist, Anti-Muslim, And Misogynistic Rhetoric, And Had Instigated Several Violent Incidents Since At Least 2018, Particularly Against Other Activists. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “The Proud Boys’ actions belie their disavowals of bigotry: Rank-and-file Proud Boys and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists. They are known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric. Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings such as the ‘Unite the Right‘ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. […] The Proud Boys stage frequent rallies around the country. Many have descended into violent street riots where members openly brawl with counterprotesters. Indeed, as early as summer 2018, a document circulated by Washington state law enforcement described the group’s involvement in a series of violent incidents in Oregon and Washington, as well as its involvement in Unite the Right. This report came to light a mere two months before 10 members were charged with assault after an attack on antifascist activists in New York City in October 2018. Through 2019 and 2020, the Proud Boys were one of a handful of far-right groups instrumental in instigating violence and civil unrest in the Pacific Northwest. Likewise, a series of leaked chats showed Proud Boys and extremists associated with other far-right groups discussing how and when to use violence against leftist activists while planning rallies in the northeast in early-to-mid 2019.” [Southern Poverty Law Center, Archived 4/7/26]