Giuliani says Trump 'had nothing to do' with Jan 6. attack and that the Democratic party 'needs to be destroyed at the top'

• On his podcast, Giuliani said Trump "had nothing to do with" the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
• Instead, he alleged Antifa members posed as Trump supporters.

Rudy Giuliani, former advisor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump, said in an episode of his podcast the former president had "nothing to do with" the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The episode, released Saturday, was a response to the House select committee's televised hearings related to the investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021. On Thursday, the committee released findings that indicated the events of the day were an attempted coup intended to keep former president Trump in power.

"I assure you, as I assured you about the stolen election, this was not an insurrection or a coup," Giuliani, who had his law license suspended over his oft-repeated lies about election fraud, said. "The president had nothing to do with it, and none of the people close to the president did."

Giuliani alleged, instead, that undercover Antifa members dressed as Trump supporters caused a majority of the damage during the riot. The hearings surrounding what happened during Jan. 6, he said, are illegitimate and a violation of the constitutional rights of those being investigated.

"And the way in which they're being treated is an indication of the fascist-type government that the Bidens, the Pelosis — the socialists who always liked a fascist type-government, an authoritarian government — that they'll run as long as you keep them in office," Giuliani said.

In the 34-minute long podcast episode, the former mayor of New York attacked the credibility of the bipartisan select committee and alleged the hearings were a "made-for-TV" spectacle designed to promote what he called an authoritarian Democratic party and called for its destruction.

"It's up to you, what happens in this country," Giuliani said, speaking directly to listeners. "You've got to remember this: you gotta remember that this party needs to be destroyed at the top, because it's rotting at the top, and required to reform itself with basic American values."