Peter Navarro, the former economic adviser to President Donald Trump, told the Daily Beast in an interview that the January 6 Capitol riot actually disrupted plans to have Congress overturn the 2020 vote, which had nothing to do with the violence.

The Daily Beast interviewed Navarro about his new book, In Trump Time: My Journal of America’s Plague Year, which he told Breitbart News was being suppressed by the New York Times‘ bestseller list. Navarro detailed a plan, called the “Green Bay Sweep,” which he says was coordinated with former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon and based on legal advice from scholar John Eastman.

The plan allegedly involved using Congress to stall the certification, pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to send the vote back to six contested states, and forcing 24 hours of televised hearings on allegations of fraud.

The Capitol riot was totally unexpected, Navarro said, saying that he had met protesters that morning and they were peaceful.

As a result of the riot, Congress faced new pressure to certify the vote as a statement of defiance against political violence. Though arguably Pence had no other choice, Navarro said Pence’s certification of the vote was a Julius Caesar-style betrayal.