It’s unclear whether the select committee will pursue Brooks’s claims in its investigation. A spokesman for the panel did not respond when asked for comment.

But Brooks’s admission adds to the select committee’s findings and could provide momentum for its probe.

“It adds urgency to the work of the Jan. 6 committee,” said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University. She added that it fits a trend in the information that has come out about Trump’s efforts to remain in office.

“There’s a well-documented pressure campaign by the former president when it comes to federal officials, state officials, local officials to try and subvert the outcome of the 2020 election. But the evidence just keeps coming.”