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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Rudy Giuliani Claims Jan. 6 Riot Was 'Put Together by Left to Frame Trump' - Newsweek

Rudy Giuliani has alleged that the Jan. 6 riots were an insurrection secretly planned by the left to frame then-President Donald Trump, the former New York mayor said in the latest episode of his podcast.

"This was something that was put together by the Left movement—doesn't necessarily mean only Antifa, means others that were trying to do anything they could to destroy any attempt that Trump had to rectify the massive voter theft," Giuliani said, refusing to abandon false allegations that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.

Antifa is an anti-fascist political movement.

Trump himself has not yet conceded defeat on these claims, insisting that he did not lose the election.

"This was clearly a frame-up," Giuliani, who was then Trump's lawyer, said, adding as examples of frame-ups "Russian collusion" and "the innocent Ukrainian conversation".

"These people are expert at trying to frame Donald Trump," the former mayor concluded. In the podcast episode, he calls the Jan. 6 committee's hearing "a theatrical production" and an "embarrassment of a hearing."

On June 11, Giuliani continued his crusade against the Jan. 6 committee hearings, attempting to undermine their validity.

"I denounce ALL crime but the #january6th hearings aren't about the truth are they?," he wrote on Twitter. On the same day, he also shared a video from the Jan. 6 insurrection showing Trump supporters entering the Capitol and later leaving, with a caption that described the behavior of rioters as...



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