the white house asked him to speak the day before. brooks admitted in july he had been wearing body armor during that speech. quote, that s why i was wearing that nice little windbreaker, he told a reporter from slate. in a since deleted video, the leader of the stop the steal movement said brooks was one of three republican lawmakers who helped to put, quote, maximum more on congress during the electoral vote count. msnbc has been unable to confirm rolling stone s reporting, derived from two anonymous sources. jake sherman, you cover mo brooks and congress every day. i guess we shouldn t be surprised he should be, quote, proud if any of his staff members participated in the stop the steal rally. he was concerned about what might happen that day that he wore body armor to his speech, admittingly. what about his involvement, what will the select committee look at in terms of what mo brooks and others did to directly impact what happened that day? they re going to have to