The testimony of four law enforcement officers before a House select committee on July 27 2021 provided another yet another clear refutation to the disinformation pushed by right-wing outlets and operatives surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol on
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Snopes→ Did Pelosi Prevent National Guard from Responding to Capitol Attack?
The Speaker of the House does not have control of the National Guard.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Who Breached Senate Gets 8 Months for Felony
Judge Randolph Moss said the 38-year-old had played a role, if not as significant as others, in one of the worst episodes in American history.
FactCheck.org→ Capitol Police Expected to Testify During House Committee’s Probe of Jan. 6 Riot
Quick Take Members of the Capitol Police will be among the first to testify during the House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6 riot, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, who will lead the panel. But social media posts have made the unfounded
Snopes→ Hunt for Capitol Attackers Still on 6 Months After Jan. 6
Part of the problem is that authorities made very few arrests on Jan. 6.
Snopes→ Did Slaves Help Build the U.S. Capitol?
Many iconic buildings in Washington, D.C., used slave labor in their construction.
FactCheck.org→ Conservative Outlets Advance Unfounded Theory About Capitol Attack
Quick Take There is no evidence that “unindicted co-conspirators” mentioned in federal indictments related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are undercover FBI agents or informants, as conservative outlets have claimed or suggested. Legal expert
Top Fact Checks→ U.S. politicians are refusing to release footage of the Capitol riots.
Several U.S. politicians have spoken to credible media outlets about the riots, and its footage was also released.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Used Charity to Promote Violence, Feds Say
A California man charged with joining anti-government extremists in rioting at the U.S. Capitol told the IRS last year that he formed a charity called the American Phoenix Project to defend “human and civil rights."
TruthOrFiction→ Fox’s Tucker Carlson Pushes Conspiracy Theory Blaming FBI For Capitol Riot
Television presenter Tucker Carlson pushed another far right conspiracy theory downplaying the rioters who attacked the United States Capitol in January 2021, suggesting on his show that the attack was orchestrated by federal “operatives.”
Snopes→ No, the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol Wasn’t an FBI False Flag
This isn't the first time right-leaning commentators have tried to blame a third party for the 2021 deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Snopes→ Oregon GOP Legislator Mike Nearman Ousted Over State Capitol Breach
Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who let violent, far-right protesters into the state Capitol on Dec. 21.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Facebook Post Misleads on Bipartisan Capitol Attack Report and Interview
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/facebook-post-misleads-on-bipartisan-capital-attack-report-and-interview/
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Misleads on Bipartisan Capitol Attack Report and Interview
Quick Take On June 8, a bipartisan group of senators released a report on the security and intelligence failures related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The report did not “single out” former President Donald Trump “for inci
TruthOrFiction→ Was an Oregon Republican Filmed Encouraging an Attack on the State Capitol?
Footage published in June 2021 brought to light an Oregon lawmaker’s role in fomenting an armed attack against his state’s capitol nearly seven months earlier. The video, first reported by the Oregonian newspaper, was captured on December 1
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was not a ‘completely peaceful protest’
INSURRECTION DEBUNKED,” begins a June 1 headline on the blog Gateway Pundit. “New video shows completely peaceful protest inside US Capitol on Jan. 6.” The footage shows people milling around the Capitol, some carrying Trump flags
Snopes→ Far-Right Troll Charged in Capitol Riots Avoids House Arrest
U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey warned Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet that he acted dangerously and “came close to committing crimes."
Snopes→ Defense for Some Capitol Rioters: Election Misinformation
Lawyers for at least three defendants charged in connection with the violent siege say that they will blame election misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Capitol Riot Probe, Displaying Loyalty to Trump
Senate Republicans have blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, displaying continuing party loyalty to former President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Bipartisan Probe of Deadly Jan. 6 Riot at Capitol
Former President Donald Trump, who still has a firm hold on the Republican party, has called the commission a “Democrat trap.”
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Prove Capitol Police Allowed Jan. 6 Protesters to Enter Capitol
Quick Take More than 400 people have been charged in relation to the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol, and there is ample evidence that many protesters defied and assaulted Capitol Police officers that day. Yet viral social media posts are falsely cla
Snopes→ 35 Republicans Buck Trump, Back Study of Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Thirty-five House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, risking the wrath of former President Donald Trump and flouting GOP leaders who condemned the proposal as unfair
Snopes→ Did US Capitol Police Release a Statement on Jan. 6 Commission?
An anonymous member of USCP, not the organization's leadership, penned this statement.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Deflect, minimize, deny: Unraveling the GOP Capitol riot spin
Rep. Liz Cheney’s ouster from GOP leadership shows how far we’ve come in the whitewashing of Jan. 6. These three videos tell the story.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioters Make Questionable Claims About Police
At least a dozen of the 400 people charged so far in the Jan. 6 insurrection have made dubious claims about their encounters with officers at the Capitol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ohio Child Was NOT Shot With ‘No Questions Asked,’ And NOT All U.S. Capitol Rioters Are Still Alive
Did a child get shot, "no questions asked"? And are all the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, still alive? No, that's not true: A post compares the death of a Black teenager, who was shot by police in Columbus, Ohio,
Snopes→ Did Bumble Dating App Lead to Capitol Riot Suspect’s Arrest?
Storming the Capitol? That was a dating deal breaker.
Snopes→ Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick Died of Natural Causes, Rules Medical Examiner
Investigators initially believed Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, based on statements collected early in the investigation
Snopes→ Guitarist is 1st Suspect to Plead Guilty in Capitol Riot
Jon Ryan Schaffer is among more than 370 people facing federal charges in the deadly insurrection.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Capitol Rioters Did NOT ‘Go Home Alive’ After January 6, 2021 Encounters With Police
Did all the rioters at the U.S. Capitol survive their encounters with Capitol Police during the January 6, 2021 assault? No, that's not true: Ashli Babbitt, one of the rioters, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer while breaking i
Snopes→ Stinging Report Raises New Questions About Capitol Security
Shields that shattered upon impact. Weapons too old to use. Missed intelligence in which future insurrectionists warned, “We get our president or we die."
Snopes→ Prosecutors: No Charges for Officer in Capitol Riot Shooting
Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Snopes→ Was a Double Rainbow Spotted Over US Capitol?
Why are we so skeptical of rainbows?
Snopes→ ‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence Pleaded, Timeline of Riot Shows
New details about the deadly U.S. Capitol riot are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by The Associated Press.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Justice Clarence Thomas And His Wife Ginni Thomas Chartered Buses For January 6, 2021, Capitol Protesters
Did Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife charter buses for January 6, 2021, protesters in Washington, D.C.? No, there is no proof of that. Justice Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, did promote the rally that evolved into proteste
Snopes→ AP Source: Suspect in Capitol Attack Suffered Delusions
Police shot the suspect, 25-year-old Noah Green, who died at a hospital.
Snopes→ Deadly Breach Could Delay Decisions About Capitol Fencing
The fencing had been erected to secure the U.S. Capitol after a violent mob of of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the building Jan. 6.
Snopes→ Officer Killed in Attack Outside Capitol an 18-Year Veteran
William “Billy” Evans joined the department in 2003 and was a member of its first responders unit.
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: Suspect in US Capitol Car Attack Was Follower of Nation of Islam?
NBC News cited law enforcement sources who identified Noah Green and his political views.
Snopes→ Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Pose by ‘Fort Pelosi’ Sign Outside US Capitol?
The congresswoman was criticized for posting the picture after a driver crashed through a fence surrounding the Capitol in April 2021 and killed a police officer.