Rudy Giuliani repeatedly tried to get in contact with Donald Trump immediately after the former President released a video calling for the Capitol rioters to go home, according to the final January 6 Committee report.
The document concluded that Trump was a part of a "conspiracy" to attempt to overturn the 2020 Presidential election result and prevent Joe Biden from taking office.
On January 6, following a speech from Trump, his supporters stormed the Capitol which ultimately failed and later would become one of the key reasons for the formation of the committee to investigate the role the former President had in potentially inciting violence.
The former president has slammed the committee's report calling it "highly partisan" and part of a "witch hunt." He also said his supporters acted "peacefully" and patriotically on January 6.
On December 19, the House Select Committee referred Trump to the Justice Department, recommending he faces criminal charges.
These charges included conspiracy to defraud the U.S. assisting an insurrection, and obstructing an official proceeding of Congress.
The report said Giuliani "frantically" began trying to call Trump 12 times following the former President's speech telling rioters to go home.
In this speech that went up on Twitter, Trump repeatedly and falsely claimed that the election was stolen and called his supporters special, while also saying he understood their pain and frustration.
The report said: "Failing to get through, he called back, once every minute, 4:17 p.m., 4:18 p.m., 4:19 p.m., 4:20 p.m.
"He managed to get through, briefly, to Mark Meadows at 4:21 p.m. and then kept calling the White House line: at 4:22 p.m., three times on two different phones at 4:23 p.m., 4: 24 p.m. and once more at 5:05 p.m.
"He finally managed to speak with President Trump at 5:07 p.m., and the two spoke for almost 12 minutes."
While both conservative and liberal commentators were calling on Trump to give a speech telling the rioters to go home at the time, the former President also later faced criticism for the contents of his speech.
He said: "I know your pain. I know you're hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us.
"It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side, but you have to go home now.
"We have to go have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order.
"We don't want anybody hurt. It's a very tough period of time. There's never been a time like this where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country.
"This was a fraudulent election, but we can't play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home.
"We love you. You're very special. You've seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil.
"I know how you feel. But go home and go home at peace."
Newsweek has contacted Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump for comment.
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