'Scares the hell out of me': J6 expert warns of disinformation ramp-up in mid-October

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Denver Riggleman, who served as senior technical advisor to the January 6th Committee, said he believes there is a significant risk of violence during the vote count of the Nov. 5, 2024 election because supporters of Republican nominee Donald Trump are so deeply immersed in conspiracy theories. “Violence is bubbling right beneath the surface,” Riggleman said, citing the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the two assassination attempts on Trump this past summer. “QAnon and that whole conspiracy theory mindset of ‘the Deep State’ or ‘globalists,’ or ‘false flags,’ that has bubbled into almost a mainstream belief, I would say within 30 to 35 percent of the Republican Party,” he said. Because once you start dehumanizing people, that’s when violence is possible.” In contrast to the last cycle, when the Jan. 6, 2021 certification at the U.S. Capitol became the focal point of political violence, Riggleman predicted that threats this time will converge around major counting centers and state legislatures immediately following the election in the event that Trump loses.