Social media users claim House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "staged" the January 6, 2021 attack at the US Capitol by rejecting security assistance and hiring a camera crew working with her daughter, a documentary filmmaker, to record her response as the violence played out. This is false; the attack unfolded on live television and has resulted in hundreds of criminal charges, nor did Pelosi hire a camera crew or block the deployment of extra National Guard troops to the building.

"Pelosi hiring her daughter to bring a film crew to video Jan6 proves that this day was staged and planned by the left to frame Trump and his followers," says an October 14, 2022 post on Gettr, a social media platform catering to conservatives, that was shared on Instagram.

Similar posts faulting Pelosi for the riot were shared across social media -- including by conservative activist Jack Posobiec and Donald Trump Jr, former president Donald Trump's eldest son, who claimed Pelosi denied a request from Trump for extra National Guard support.

"So Nancy Pelosi refuses Trump's request for a national guard presence on Jan 6 & simultaneously has a documentary film crew in her office where are you can hear her poorly delivered tough guy act," the younger Trump wrote. "I'm sure I'll be called conspiracy theorist for thinking this isn't a coincidence!"

In another post, he added: "Conspiracy theorists are just people capable of pattern recognition."

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