During a podcast interview released Wednesday, former President Donald Trump continued to push his big lie about the 2020 election, saying the November 3 contest was rigged against him and suggested that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could have been a false flag operation staged by the FBI.
Trump said he’s suspicious of federal involvement because the person who allegedly planted a pipe bomb at the DNC headquarters on Jan. 5 had not been caught.
Trump’s comments came after host Candace Owens pointed out that Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan have suggested the FBI had some involvement in the Jan. 6 riot.
“I’ve been watching it very closely,” Trump replied. “And a lot of people are being treated very unfairly. This should never happen in our country or any country, what happened to them.”
“But this pipe bomber or bombers, who knows if it was a pipe or what it was. They never found him? I’ve seen pictures of him and very clear pictures,” he argued in the interview reported by Raw Story.
He then downplayed the attack as “a protest” and repeated his claim that the election was stolen from him.
“You know, the insurrection was Nov. 3, the election day. This was a protest about a rigged election and the people that were there, there was great love in the air. I’m not talking about the Capitol. I’m talking about the speech.”
“But why aren’t they finding this pipe bomber and how come other people haven’t been revealed because I think there were more than just — let’s call them MAGA people?” he asked.
“There were FBI informants,” Owens insisted. “And they say, go to the Capitol, go to the Capitol. And those individuals were not arrested.”
“Right, it seems like that,” Trump agreed. “And you have BLM and you had Antifa people. I have very little doubt about that and they were antagonizing and they were agitating.”
Listen to the interview below.
