Latest Fact-Checks In Jan. 6

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 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.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 29, 2025 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.”
False
January 31, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 22, 2025 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.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2025 a Facebook post
Former President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”
False
January 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 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.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 10, 2024 a post
Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
False
By Sara Swann • June 13, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2024 a post
Photos of Pennsylvania vote tallies on CNN prove the 2020 election was stolen.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 11, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 5, 2024 a statement on his website
On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2024 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.
False
By Sara Swann • March 19, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2024 Facebook post
Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
False
March 13, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 6, 2024 an Instagram post
Video shows President Joe Biden delivering new remarks on the Capitol insurrection.
False
March 8, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama
“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 19, 2023 an Instagram post
Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.
False
By Sara Swann • November 21, 2023
Clay Higgins
Clay Higgins
stated on November 15, 2023 a congressional hearing
A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”
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By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • November 21, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 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."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2023 an Instagram reel
“They brought in 25,000 (National Guard members) because Biden couldn't get enough people to his inauguration.”
False
By Sara Swann • September 27, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 27, 2023 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.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on August 1, 2023 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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 2, 2023
Benny Johnson
Benny Johnson
stated on June 3, 2023 a Facebook post
“New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 6, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 19, 2023 a video
Video shows Nancy Pelosi saying, “I’ve given a shoot-to-kill order for any breach of the speaker’s lobby,” on Jan. 6, 2021.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • April 21, 2023
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