CNN discovers tape that catches top Trump nominee spouting wild Jan. 6 claims

CNN on Tuesday uncovered new audio of Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth spouting baseless conspiracy theories about the January 6th riot at the United States Capitol building.

The audio came from an interview that Hegseth gave with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the wake of the deadly riot in which he alternately downplayed the severity of the attack and tried to blame it on Trump's left-wing enemies.

"And just from, you know, common sense, that Antifa folks took...