CNN's Jake Tapper Grills LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt With Explosive Audio of Him Claiming 9/11 Was '100% An Inside Job'
Spencer Pratt faced tough questions from Jake Tapper after old comments about the September 11 attacks resurfaced.
May 29 2026, Published 2:20 p.m. ET
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt found himself under the spotlight after CNN's Jake Tapper confronted him with resurfaced audio of the former reality star claiming 9/11 was an "inside job," RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The tense exchange forced Pratt to address comments he made more than a decade ago as he attempts to mount a long-shot bid for City Hall.
'100 Percent An Inside Job'
Tapper played audio from Pratt's 2009 appearance on Alex Jones' InfoWars show.
During Thursday's episode of CNN's The Lead, Tapper played a clip from Pratt's 2009 appearance on Alex Jones' InfoWars program, per Mediaite.
In the audio, a younger Pratt appeared fully convinced by conspiracy theories surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"I can't even believe that it took me seeing your film to know about Building 7," Pratt told Jones at the time. "How did that not hit the mainstream media?"
He also declared the attacks were "100 percent" an "inside job."
Jake Tapper Demands Answers
In the clip, Pratt claimed 9/11 was '100%' an 'inside job.'
After airing the audio, Tapper asked Pratt directly: "Do you think that 9/11 was an inside job?"
Pratt responded: "The reality is people in charge fail us as taxpayers, and when you're listening to that audio, that's a 21, 22-year-old person. I'm now 42 and have experienced city negligence, state negligence, and I've learned a lot about it."
He continued: "It's actually worse than a conspiracy. It's that we have people in charge that make mistakes that get people killed."
'It's Worse Than A Conspiracy'
The mayoral candidate told Tapper his views have changed significantly over the last two decades.
Pratt went on to argue that his personal experiences changed how he views major disasters and government accountability.
"Unfortunately, you know, I was young and naive to understanding how there are people that will fail citizens across the board," he said.
The mayoral hopeful added, "I would have to go back and look at all that. I haven't watched any of those things in 20 years or whatever, but I bet now with my fresh eyes of surviving the city's negligence that burned 12 people in my neighborhood alive, 7,000 structures, and seeing how fast the internet said that was a conspiracy and how I had to be like, no, this is how it happened, this, this and this – now with new, fresh eyes, I'm sure I would look at that a lot different."
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When asked if he regretted his past comments, Pratt admitted he has '20 years of regret.'
Tapper later pressed Pratt on whether he regretted claiming 9/11 was an inside job.
Pratt admitted: "I have 20 years of regret."
Despite the controversy, he insisted his decades-old remarks do not "connect" to his current mission of leading Los Angeles as he attempts to unseat Mayor Karen Bass.
The Republican candidate has recently attracted attention from conservative media figures and received praise from President Donald Trump, who described Pratt as a "big MAGA person."
