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Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

"There's been numerous other occasions over the years” when the federal government created a reserve similar to a new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund.

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”

By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2025

Threads posts
stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post:

A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview:

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.”

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Former President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 in a press conference:

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.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024

Social Media
stated on June 10, 2024 in a post:

Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Sara Swann • June 13, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2024 in a post:

Photos of Pennsylvania vote tallies on CNN prove the 2020 election was stolen.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 11, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 5, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2024 in a Facebook post:

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.

By Sara Swann • March 19, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2024 in Facebook post:

Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

By Katelyn Ferral • March 13, 2024

Viral image
stated on March 6, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows President Joe Biden delivering new remarks on the Capitol insurrection.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama:

“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”

By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on November 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.

By Sara Swann • November 21, 2023

Clay Higgins
stated on November 15, 2023 in a congressional hearing:

A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”

By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • November 21, 2023

Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:

"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."

By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

“They brought in 25,000 (National Guard members) because Biden couldn't get enough people to his inauguration.”

By Sara Swann • September 27, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 27, 2023 in an interview on Meet the Press:

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.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023

Jack Posobiec
stated on August 1, 2023 in a tweet:

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.”

By Madison Czopek • August 2, 2023

Benny Johnson
stated on June 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.”

By Madison Czopek • June 6, 2023

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