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PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video shows 2020 protesters invited into someone’s home, not 2023 rioters breaking in
Video shows “rioters rush people’s houses” Oct. 28 in Washington D.C.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Rioters’ Forcibly Entering DC Home On October 28, 2023 — Homeowner Welcomed Them In During 2020 Demonstration
Did protesters in Washington, D.C., riot and rush people into a house on October 28, 2023, as a video on Instagram claims to show? No, that's not true: The video is from a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest. The homeowner told television sta
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
Logically→ 2018 video of rioters looting Apple store in Bordeaux, France, shared as recent
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter, a ‘One Man Wrecking Ball,’ Gets 7-Year Term
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.
PolitiFact→ Congressional Leadership Fund – No, Scholten didn’t dismiss the damage in the riots or praise rioters
Following protests in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2020, Democratic U.S. House candidate Hillary Scholten "dismissed the destruction and praised the rioters."
Snopes→ Rioter Who Encountered Senator Gets over 4 Years in Prison
Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Snopes→ Some Capitol Rioters Try to Profit from Their Jan. 6 Crimes
Some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot, using it as a platform to drum up cash.
AllSides→ No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-video-rioters-discussing-capitol-floor-plan-doe/
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, video of rioters discussing Capitol ‘floor plan’ doesn’t prove Jan. 6 was antifa setup
"Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup."
PolitiFact→ ‘A call to action’: Jan. 6 hearing shows Trump’s sway on rioters with words, tweets
When Trump told his followers to march on Washington, they went. When he told them to leave the Capitol, they left. See the key takeaways from the latest House select committee hearing.
AllSides→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-police-waving-video/ Claim A video shot from the east side of
Snopes→ Did Video Show Capitol Police Waving in Rioters on Jan. 6?
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.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?
(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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Capitol Police Just Opening Gates, Letting Rioters In On January 6, 2021
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,
Snopes→ Rioter Carrying Pelosi’s Podium in Viral Photo Gets Prison
The image of Adam Johnson smiling and waving as he carried Pelosi's podium went viral after the pro-Trump mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Gets Prison As Feds Reach 100 Sentencings
A Seattle man who punched two police officers during last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to six months imprisonment on Thursday.
Snopes→ 1 Year Later: Here’s What’s Happening with Key Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters
From court cases involving the so-called "QAnon Shaman" to "Zip-tie guy," we obtained and analyzed federal documents for this breakdown.
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Rioter Who Carried Spear and Wore Horns Got 41 Months
Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the assault on the Capitol, was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioter Who Hit Officer Gets over 3 Years in Prison
Scott Fairlamb, 44, was the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Capitol riot.
Snopes→ Rioter Who Bragged She Wouldn’t Go to Jail Gets Prison Term
Prosecutors sought incarceration for Jennifer Leigh Ryan of Frisco, Texas, saying she has shown a lack of candor and remorse for her actions.
Snopes→ Prosecutors: Capitol Cop Told Jan. 6 Rioter to Hide Evidence
A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Snopes→ Capitol Rioters Enter 1st Guilty Pleas to Assaulting Police
A New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man became the first people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to plead guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the deadly siege.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officer Michael Fanone Was NOT U.S. Capitol Rioter Carrying A Confederate Flag
Was Washington, D.C., Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone the person carrying a Confederate flag during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection? No, that's not true: Although photos of Fanone and the person carrying the flag
Snopes→ Racism of Rioters Takes Center Stage in Jan. 6 Hearing
Four officers detailed the racism and bigotry they encountered during the violent assault on the Capitol.
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.
Snopes→ Are Jan. 6 Rioters Traitors? So Far, Criminal Charges Say No
None of the more than 500 defendants accused in the attack has been indicted for sedition or for the gravest of crimes a citizen can face, treason.
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."
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→ 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,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Florida Law Does NOT Grant Total Immunity To ‘People Who Drive Through Rioters’ — Only Civil Immunity
Did Florida pass a law granting immunity to people who drive through rioters amid BLM riots? Yes, but it only grants civil immunity, not criminal immunity. HB1, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 19, 2021, grants an "affirmative defense
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→ FBI Says Rioters Weren’t Fake Trump Protesters
Some Republican members of Congress have suggested that left-wing protesters dressed up as Trump supporters to attack the Capitol, despite no evidence of that.
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Bail Out ‘Violent Rioters’ During George Floyd Protests?
The claim appeared to stem from a June 2020 tweet from Harris.
Logically→ The first rioter arrested at the Capitol insurrection was an AntiFa member.
There is no evidence that AntiFa was behind the Capitol riot. Trump's lawyer, Michael van der Veen, did not substantiate his statement.
Logically→ Capitol rioters attempted to gouge out a police officer’s eye.
Officer Daniel Hodges said he was violently attacked at the Capitol hill riots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Did NOT Say Capitol Rioters Were ‘Drugged By Antifa Sluts’
Did Mike Lindell say Capitol rioters were "drugged by antifa sluts"? No, that's not true: The claim was made in an article posted to a satire website with completely made-up quotes from Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow. The claim appeared as
Truth or Fiction?→ MyPillow Guy ‘Lindell: Capitol Rioters Were Drugged By Antifa Sluts’
On February 5 2021, “Business Standard News” published an item with the headline, “Lindell: Capitol Rioters Were Drugged By Antifa Sluts,” which claimed — true to its headline — that MyPillow’s chief executive