On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story That Kristi Noem ‘Admitted’ ICE Hired Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Originated On Self-Described Satire Page
Did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "Admit" under oath that Republicans voted to allow Jan. 6 rioters to serve in ICE roles, as numerous viral posts claimed? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in a meme spread by an account l
News Facts Network→ Pardoned Proud Boys Sue U.S. Government for $100M Over Jan. 6 Convictions
Five leaders of the Proud Boys filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking $100 million in... The post Pardoned Proud Boys Sue U.S. Government for $100M Over Jan. 6 Convictions appeared first on News Facts Network.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington D.C.
Video shows “airplane crash with helicopter in Washington D.C.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, AOC and Jamie Raskin didn’t file articles of impeachment against Trump over his Jan. 6 pardons
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s False claim that Jan. 6 committee deleted ‘all’ evidence
The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis didn’t confess to colluding with the Jan. 6 committee
“Fani Willis has just confessed to collusion with J6 committee.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Musk Posted MAGA Would ‘Succeed In All The Ways Nazi Germany Failed’ On Jan. 20, 2025
Did Elon Musk post on X that the MAGA movement would "succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed"? No, that's not true: A screenshot of a supposed post from Musk on X containing that quote is fake. Searches of Musk's X account and archiv
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Joe Biden didn’t pardon the Capitol police officer who fatally shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Former President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – The Hollywood sign wasn’t on fire as of Jan. 10. This image is fake
Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Claim To Be At US Capitol During Jan. 6 Riot
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lie about being at the Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Ocasio-Cortez never said she was at the U.S. Capitol building when it was stormed by protesters on that date. Instead, she stated on
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s False crowd comparison with his Jan. 6 speech and the crowd at MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Trump’s misleading claims about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Former President Donald Trump said during his debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a “relatively small” group of people who were “in many cases ushered in by the police.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Fact-checking claim Pelosi ‘takes responsibility’ for not calling National Guard on Jan. 6, 2021
Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – RFK Jr. said that Jan. 6 ‘protestors carried no weapons.’ Evidence shows that's Pants on Fire!
On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jan. 6 committee didn’t ‘suppress testimony’ about Trump push for 10,000 National Guard troops
The Jan. 6 committee “suppressed testimony” from former Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato that proves former President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops at the Capitol.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Nancy Pelosi was not behind Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, despite repeated debunked claims
Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Washington Post→ After Supreme Court arguments, Trump offers his false Jan. 6 history
The former president regularly mischaracterizes tweets that his staff regarded as woefully inadequate on the day of the Jan. 6 attack.
AllSides→ Biden Makes False Claim About Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/biden-makes-false-claim-about-jan-6-capitol-attack/ About 140 law enf
FactCheck.org→ Biden Makes False Claim About Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. About 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple reports. But no officers were “killed” that da
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of orb exploding is not from Miami mall on Jan. 1
A video showing an orb exploding Jan. 1 at a Miami mall is proof that the Blue Beam project started.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video shows comedy TikTokers on Jan. 6, not proof Capitol attack was an inside job
Hundreds of people have been convicted or pleaded guilty for their role in the Jan. 6 riot, but more than three years later some on social media are still claiming it was the work of the government itself.
PolitiFact→ The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power
A new poll found that 25% of U.S. adults think the FBI “organized and encouraged” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. This unsubstantiated claim persists, in part, because powerful people keep repeating it.
Washington Post→ Trump says Liz Cheney deleted evidence of Jan. 6 troops. There isn’t any.
The former president repeats the debunked claim he offered troops -- and fasely says former Rep. Liz Cheney destroyed evidence that would show this was true.
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Ramaswamy’s Pants on Fire debate claim that Jan. 6 was an ‘inside job’
“January 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Footage of Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6, 2021, doesn’t prove Capitol attack was staged
Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.
PolitiFact→ Clay Higgins – Why a Republican's claim about ‘ghost buses’ of FBI informants on Jan. 6 is dubious
A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Newly released Jan. 6 footage does not show a federal agent flashing his badge while undercover
CLAIM: Security camera footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows a federal agent disguised as a supporter of then-President Donald Trump during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Cooke – Van Orden seen at Jan. 6 rally, but there’s scant evidence he participated in the insurrection
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi, Biden discussing Jan. 6
Video shows U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi discussing Jan. 6 with President Joe Biden.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No one has been sentenced to 20 years for filming the Jan. 6 riots, contrary to congressman’s claim
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims on “Meet the Press” about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, abortion and the 2020 election. He also said bacon’s price is up five times. That’s False.
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Why Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim about what Mike Pence could have done on Jan. 6 is False
Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Ramaswamy’s Claims on Campaign Trail, Including on Climate and Jan. 6
The upstart Republican candidate has made inaccurate claims about climate change as well as the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, while mischaracterizing his own positions and past comments.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Trump’s judge isn’t the only DC justice to give longer-than-requested sentences to Jan. 6 rioters
CLAIM: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to the most recent case against former President Donald Trump, is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C. who has given Jan. 6 defendants sentences that are longer than those requested
PolitiFact→ Jack Posobiec – No, Tanya Chutkan is not only D.C. judge to give harsher Jan. 6 sentences than government requested
Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot
Former President Donald Trump responded to his indictment on charges related to the 2020 election with a campaign statement, fundraising email and Truth Social posts. We fact-checked his misleading and inaccurate claims.
PolitiFact→ What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions
Former President Donald Trump’s third indictment, for his actions related to Jan. 6, 2021, consolidates a broad swirl of Trump’s activity into four charges. Here are details about what the indictment tries to accomplish and how it frames Trump’s
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment
On Aug. 1, the Department of Justice filed an indictment against former President Donald Trump concerning his attempts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election — efforts that culminated in obstructing the counting of elec
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump indictment: What to know about 2020 election, Jan. 6 investigation and charges
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021. What are the charges? Can he still run (and vote)?