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Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday appears to support a debunked conspiracy theory that hero DC metro police officer Michael Fanone, who testified in Congress about being pummeled by violent Trump supporters on January 6th, took part in the MAGA riot himself.
A conspiracy theory floating around social media in late July accused Fanone of carrying a confederate flag into the US Capitol and participating in the riot.
Various users across Facebook and Instagram shared side-by-side images of Fanone testifying with rioter Kevin Seefried - who turned himself in to authorities in January - with the caption 'It's the Same b----.... yo Michael, we see you.'
Giuliani appeared to support the baseless conspiracy theory when he called attempts to fact-check it a 'hysterical lie'
He also continued the right-wing defense of rioter Ashli Babbitt, who was killed by law enforcement (pictured in Miami on July 26)
One user claimed it was evidence the riot was staged even though Seefried admitted to being the rioter in question.
But Giuliani took issue with a Politifact check labeling the baseless claim Pants on Fire.
Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was trying to break into the Speaker's Lobby with dozens of others when she was shot
'Another hysterical lie about 1/6. So many and the cover-up of killing an unarmed woman by a still unidentified police officer,' Donald Trump's ex-lawyer tweeted.
The 'unarmed woman' he refers to is Ashli Babbitt, a Capitol rioter who was shot and killed while trying to
