At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, Donald Trump said that the Capitol riot instigators were fake.

The former president said that the hearings were a one-sided witch hunt.

They did a fake sting on the man. The people who started January 6. The deal was not real. It's a fake. It was not a real deal according to Trump.

The people sitting in this room are not in danger.

—Acyn (@Acyn) August 7, 2022

The FBI said in 2020 that it had stopped a plan by members of a right-wing militia group to take over the state.

A hung jury was declared for two of the six men charged. A judge has ordered a new trial for two people.

Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson are two of Trump's allies who spread conspiracy theories about the Capitol riot.

The conspiracy theory focuses on a Trump supporter who attended a riot and was wrongly accused of being an undercover FBI agent.

Trump has denied any connection to the FBI and said that the allegations have made his lifehell.

The events of January 6, 2021, were described by Trump as a protest over a rigged and stolen election. The lives of all the people who are in prison have been destroyed.

If he were to return to office, Trump has said he would consider pardoning those charged over the insurrection.