Overview
- Archived 2009 material includes an InfoWars interview in which Pratt said the Sept. 11 attacks were “100%” an inside job and social posts promoting the debunked film Loose Change.
- On CNN Pratt said he was “young and naive,” expressed “20 years of regret,” and now characterizes the attacks as resulting from government negligence rather than a coordinated inside plot.
- Reporters played the 2009 audio on national TV and Jake Tapper pressed Pratt about whether he still holds those beliefs, prompting the on-camera repudiation.
- Pratt’s insurgent Los Angeles mayoral campaign has been driven in part by grievance over the Palisades wildfire that destroyed his home and has picked up support from right-wing outlets and praise from President Trump.
- Because InfoWars and Loose Change are widely discredited, the resurfaced statements have intensified media and rival scrutiny and could influence voter views as the June 2 primary approaches.