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Logically→ Surveillance footage proves Capitol Police helped QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley on January 6 and acted as his ‘tour guide.’

2023-03-14 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ashli Babbitt died in fatal U.S. Capitol shooting Jan. 6, 2021; she’s not alive as posts claim

2023-03-09 “Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jacob Chansley, The ‘QAnon Shaman,’ Was Led Through Capitol By Police Entire Time He Was In Building On Jan. 6, 2021

2023-03-09 Was Jacob Chansley, aka the "QAnon Shaman," led through the Capitol by police the entire time he was in the building on January 6, 2021? No, there's no evidence that's true: Chansley broke into the building, where he ignored repeated requ Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Capitol video footage puts House Jan. 6 committee in a new light, some Senate Republicans balk

2023-03-08 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/7/capitol-video-footage-puts-house-jan-6-committee-n/ Rep Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson airs Jan. 6 footage, downplays violence at the US Capitol

2023-03-08 Tucker Carlson repeated some well-worn and misleading claims about what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. It wasn’t a peaceful protest. Protesters weren’t right that the 2020 election was stolen. And Capitol Police did not act as tour guides. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Evidence rebuts Tucker Carlson’s claim about Capitol Police acting as tour guides to ‘QAnon Shaman’

2023-03-08 Capitol Police officers “helped” QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley and “acted as his tour guides.” Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Dubious Claim About ‘Hidden’ Tweets Exonerating Him for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

2023-02-17 Now that Twitter and Facebook have reinstated Donald Trump’s accounts, the former president says two Jan. 6, 2021, tweets that the “highly partisan January 6th Committee” tried to hide have now been “fully restored” and “fully exon Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Jan 8. invasion of Brazil’s capital ‘bigger and more frightening’ than the US Capitol attack, fact-checkers say

2023-01-13 Fifteen hundred pro-Bolsonaro protesters have been detained in the Brazilian Jan. 8 capitol riot redolent of the one that happened two years ago at the United States Capitol, according to […] The post Jan 8. invasion of Brazil’s capital ‘bigg Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Who Had the Metal Detectors Removed From the Capitol?

2023-01-03 Before the incoming right-wing House of Representatives majority could elect a new Speaker, metal detectors were removed from the Capitol floor on January 3 2023 — but it is unclear who ordered it to happen. The devices were installed outside of Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pelosi unveiled her own portrait at the U.S. Capitol

2022-12-19 A video shows Nancy Pelosi unveiling a portrait of former U.S. Energy Department employee. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ What the Jan. 6 hearings revealed about Trump’s actions before and after the Capitol attack

2022-12-09 As the Jan. 6 committee prepares to release its final report, a look back at what we learned from the hearings about former President Donald Trump’s actions before and during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ray Epps and Nancy Pelosi did not talk on the phone a week before Capitol insurrection

2022-11-03 “Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before #January6th” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Cameraman Is NOT At US Capitol On January 6, 2021 — It’s DePape At 2013 San Francisco Nudist Wedding

2022-11-01 Does a cameraman at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, bear a striking resemblance to David DePape, the man arrested for breaking into the home of Paul Pelosi and attacking him with a hammer? And was this cameraman working with Alexandr Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo shows DePape filming a nude wedding, not the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack

2022-10-31 A photo shows David DePape filming the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video footage of Pelosi and Schumer on Jan. 6 doesn’t prove the Capitol attack was a setup

2022-10-17 Video footage showing Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi hiding on Jan. 6, 2021, shows the U.S. Capitol attack “was a setup.” Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump for Testimony on Capitol Attack

2022-10-13 The panel voted unanimously to compel the former president to appear. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Capitol Rioter, a ‘One Man Wrecking Ball,’ Gets 7-Year Term

2022-09-28 Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Kyle Young in U.S. District Court in Washington to the long term, noting he had admitted to helping in the assault of a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Here’s What Two Scholars of Politics and Religion Observed Near the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

2022-09-07 Having studied political demonstrations before, these cultural anthropologists documented the public display and interviewed participants. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation nowhere near as lengthy as the one for 9/11

2022-08-30 The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Some Capitol Rioters Try to Profit from Their Jan. 6 Crimes

2022-08-15 Some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot, using it as a platform to drum up cash. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Man Killed Himself After Ramming US Capitol Barrier

2022-08-15 A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Antifa, Federal Agents Were Behind The 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack

2022-08-02 Were antifa and federal agents behind the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: Supporters of former President Donald Trump were behind the January 6, 2021, attack. Claims that antifa members were responsible have been rep Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Fact Check: Bennie Thompson Falsely Claims Police ‘Killed’ in Capitol Riot

2022-07-25 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/21/fact-check-bennie-thompson-falsely-claims-police-killed-in-capitol-riot/ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Jan. 6 hearing details Trump’s inaction as Capitol riot unfolded

2022-07-22 Jan. 6 committee says Trump chose not to act to quell the Capitol attack. Instead of calling for aid, he called senators to delay the certification of the vote. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Probes Trump’s 187 Minutes As Capitol Attacked

2022-07-21 The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer the way the series began — vividly making the case that Donald Trump's lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly U.S. Capitol attack. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup

2022-07-20 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup

2022-07-19 "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ No Charges for ‘Late Show’ Crew Arrested on Capitol Hill

2022-07-19 Federal prosecutors have declined to bring charges against nine people associated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” who were arrested in a building in the U.S. Capitol complex last month. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Crimes WERE Committed, Arrests WERE Made Inside Capitol Building On January 6, 2021

2022-07-14 Was nobody arrested inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: People were arrested inside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and they have been charged with crimes including "entering a restricted building and viol Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?

2022-07-08 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-waving-video/ Claim A video shot from the east side of Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?

2022-07-07 A second video put to bed the rumor that a police officer was telling Trump supporters to disregard barricades on the east side of the Capitol. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?

2022-06-23 (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Disinformation surrounding the 2021 Capitol insurrection has resurfaced in recent days following hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Members of Congress Provide ‘Reconnaissance Tours’ Before Capitol Riots?

2022-06-21 New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill made the assertion on a Facebook Live broadcast and has asked "certain agencies" to investigate her claim. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Anti-Vaccine Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Capitol Riot

2022-06-17 A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she delivered speeches to rioters during the mob's attack. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Doctor Pushing COVID Disinformation Sentenced to Prison for Capitol Riot

2022-06-16 A California physician who has been at the forefront of COVID-related disinformation was sentenced to 60 days in prison for taking part in the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to CNN, Dr. Simone Gold was also ordered to pay a $9,500 f Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Capitol Police Just Opening Gates, Letting Rioters In On January 6, 2021

2022-06-15 Does a video show U.S. Capitol Police just opening the gates for rioters on January 6, 2021, so they could attack the Capitol? No, that's not true: Marcus DiPaola, the freelance journalist who shot the video, told Newsweek in a January 7, Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Trump Tweet ‘Stay Peaceful’ on Day of Capitol Riot?

2022-06-14 We looked at the context behind a meme that showed two messages purportedly tweeted by Trump on the day of the Capitol riot. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson is wrong. Firearms, other weapons were found at the Capitol on Jan. 6

2022-06-13 “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.” Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Capitol Officer Recounts Jan. 6 ‘War Scene’ in Her Testimony

2022-06-10 “It was something like I’ve seen in movies. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Edwards said. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Capitol Riot Panel Blames Trump for 1/6 ‘Attempted Coup’

2022-06-10 The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump. Go to site post…»

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