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Snopes→ Is American Airlines Taking Precautions Against Pro-Trump Rioters Leaving DC?
Reports of politically motivated aggression on flights before the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol raised security concerns.
Snopes→ Prosecutor: Sedition Charge Possible for Pro-Trump Rioters
The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia said that “all options are on the table” for charging members of the violent pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol — including sedition charges.
Snopes→ Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict the Pro-Trump Viking Rioter?
Either way, we love the character name "Groundskeeper Willie."
Snopes→ Did Pro-Trump Rioter Wear ‘Camp Auschwitz’ Shirt While Breaking Into the Capitol?
The anti-Semitic message included Nazi imagery.
Snopes→ Biden Win Confirmed After Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol
Vice President Mike Pence, presiding over the joint session, announced the tally, 306-232.
Snopes→ Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol in Bid to Overturn Election
A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election.
Liste→ Image shows New York pro-Trump parade in October
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim to show a caravan of Donald Trump’s supporters heading from California to Washington, DC to protest the presidential election result certification in January 2021. This is false; the image shows a Tr
Liste→ This photo shows a protest against gun violence in Washington DC in 2018, not a pro-Trump rally in 2021
A photo of a large demonstration in Washington DC has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook that claim it was taken on January 6, 2021, the same day that supporters of US President Donald Trump organised a rally in t
Snopes→ Vandals Hit Black Churches During Weekend Pro-Trump Rallies
Police on Sunday said they were investigating the incidents.
Snopes→ Did ‘More Than One Million’ People Attend a Pro-Trump ‘MAGA March’ in D.C.?
Crowd sizes are notoriously difficult to estimate, but let's take a look.
Liste→ Cleveland NBA celebration photos falsely shared as pro-Trump rally
Photos of dense crowds lining city streets were shared alongside the claim that they depicted the pro-Trump rally that took place in Washington DC on November 14, 2020. While the rally gathered thousands of people in the US capital, some of the photos
Liste→ Tweets falsely claim photo of Nazi flag is from pro-Trump March
A photo shared thousands of times on Twitter and claimed to be from a November 14, 2020 rally in Washington, DC to support President Donald Trump after his election defeat is in fact a two-month old image from a flea market in Pennsylvania.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apparent Pro-Trump Ballots Burned In Viral Video Were NOT Official; They Were Sample Ballots
Is it true that about 80 official election ballots cast for President Trump in Virginia Beach, Virginia, were torched to undermine the president's chances of winning there? No, that's not true. The burning papers shown in a viral video, a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Person Who Claimed He Threw Away 100 Pro-Trump Ballots In Erie, Pennsylvania, Was NOT A Poll Worker
Did a poll worker in Erie, Pennsylvania, throw away more than 100 pro-Trump ballots on Election Day? No, that's not true: Erie County Board of Elections Chair Carl J. Anderson III says the "poll worker" who purportedly admitted the allege
Snopes→ ‘#OperationBlockTheBus’: Inside the Pro-Trump FB Group Where Biden Bus Convoy Was Organized
Activity in the private Facebook Group included pro-QAnon messages, cheering on the idea to "block" a Biden-Harris campaign bus, and talk of being armed with guns.
Snopes→ Facebook Shutters Pro-Trump Group Posing as ‘Official Kayleigh McEnany Fan Page’
The social network previously shut down a different but similarly named group after discovering it was managed from North Macedonia.
Snopes→ Exclusive: Foreign, Pro-Trump Facebook Group Recruited Kentucky Moderator
The shady history of the Sarah Huckabee Sanders Supporters Facebook group is about much more than foreign influence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Tim Allen Did NOT Write A Pro-Trump Post
Did actor and comedian Tim Allen write a conservative statement that listed a number of seemingly contradictory statements aimed to bash Democrats? No, that's not true: The statement was posted by a different Tim Allen, not the Tim Allen
Snopes→ Trump Allies Lining Up ‘Pro-Trump’ Doctors to Prescribe Rapid Reopening
The plan was discussed in a conference call with a senior staffer for the Trump reelection campaign organized by CNP Action, an affiliate of the GOP-aligned Council for National Policy.
Snopes→ Pro-Trump Protesters Push Back on Stay-at-Home Orders
Activists in Michigan, Oklahoma, and other states have started to openly defy the social distancing rules in an effort to put pressure on governors to ease them.
TruthOrFiction→ Pro-Trump Nevada Ad Regurgitates Anti-Obama Immigration Disinformation
On February 21 2020 — just one day before the Nevada Democratic Party caucuses — a super PAC promoting United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign released a Spanish-language ad steeped in disinformation about immigra
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Jennifer Aniston Did NOT Say She And Other Celebrities Made A Pro-Trump Company Named ‘Celebrities For Trump’
Did Jennifer Aniston say she joined other celebrities to make a pro-Trump company called 'Celebrities for Trump?' No, that's not true: this is an old hoax that dates to at least October 27, 2017, in a post by dailynewsposts.com that, among oth
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Committee to Defend the President – Pro-Trump Facebook ad takes text in Obama’s book wildly out of context
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Pro-Trump Facebook ad takes text in Obama’s book wildly out of context A Facebook ad by a PAC supporting President Donald Trump distorts a statement in a book by President Barack Obama about African-Americ
Snopes→ How a Pro-Trump Network Is Building a Fake Empire on Facebook and Getting Away with It
Hundreds of fake account admins and 1,929 Facebook advertising violations only begin to tell the story of the Epoch Times-linked, pro-Trump empire known as The BL.
Snopes→ EXCLUSIVE: Expanding Pro-Trump Outlet ‘The BL’ Is Closely Linked to The Epoch Times
Both The Epoch Times and The BL deny any connection whatsoever. Our report makes that a challenging argument to defend.
Snopes→ Did the Brother of a Dayton Mass Shooting Victim Post a Pro-Trump Message on Facebook?
A Facebook user with the moniker "Jerry Jerry" claimed to be the brother of Dayton, Ohio, victim Logan Turner.
Snopes→ Is Facebook Removing the Share Button from Pro-Trump Posts?
Rumors about Facebook's suppression of content (in this case posts supportive of President Trump) resurfaced after Sen. Ted Cruz referenced them.
Snopes→ ‘Pro-Trump’ Russian Flags Confiscated at CPAC
Small Russian Federation flags with 'Trump' imprinted on them were distributed on the CPAC floor by anti-Trump pranksters, but were rounded up quickly by staffers.
Snopes→ Did McConnell Say Trump ‘Provoked’ Attack on U.S. Capitol?
The Senate majority leader said that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol had been "fed lies."
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Before Capitol Rioters Beat an Officer to Death, BLM Protesters Formed a Human Barricade Around a Cop Separated From Other Police’
After a Capitol police officer was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher during the January 6 2021 insurrection, a photograph from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests circulated, which contrasted the death of one officer at the hands of insurrection
TruthOrFiction→ ‘BLM Activist’ John Sullivan/JaydenX, Explained
On January 15 2021 Breitbart published an item titled “Leftist Activist Among Those Arrested in Capitol Riot,” asserting “Utah-based left-wing activist” John Sullivan (also known as JaydenX) had been arrested in connection with
Snopes→ Feds: Capitol Mob Aimed to ‘Assassinate’ Elected Officials
The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” federal prosecutors said in court documents.
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Trump Invoking Insurrection Act
Quick Take A falsehood on social media claims President Donald Trump has “invoked” the Insurrection Act, seized control of the country through the military and will “remain president indefinitely.” A Defense Department spokesma
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Members of Congress Provide ‘Reconnaissance Tours’ Before Capitol Riots?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reconnaissance-tours/ Ever since a mob of pro-Trump rioters overwhelm
TruthOrFiction→ Does This Photograph Show a Tour Group the Day Before the Capitol Insurrection?
As the United States continued to grapple with a destructive and deadly right-wing riot at the Capitol building on January 6 2021, disturbing stories from Democratic Party lawmakers began to trickle out indicating that some participants may have plann
Snopes→ Did Rep. Pramila Jayapal Go Maskless in Congress?
Rumors swirled after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
FactCheck.org→ Road to a Second Impeachment
In the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol, the House Democrats on Jan. 11 introduced legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, charging him with “inciting violence against the Government of the United States.” The impeachment resolution,
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: An Arizona State Rep Claims Antifa Members Were ‘Confirmed’ to be at the Capitol
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TruthOrFiction→ ‘WH Office of Pardon Attorney’ Parler Post Prompts Justice Department to Issue Statement
Around January 9 2021, in the days after a pro-Trump riot at the United States Capitol building, screenshots of a purported Parler post attributed to @WHPardonAttny (White House Office of Pardon) appeared, soliciting names, locations, and “wha