Latest Fact-Checks In Jan. 6

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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 11, 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.
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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.
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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.
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March 8, 2024
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.
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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
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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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By Madison Czopek • June 6, 2023
Cameron Sexton
Cameron Sexton
stated on March 30, 2023 an interview
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 7, 2023 an Instagram post
“Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.”
False
March 9, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2023 a Facebook post
“The January 6 committee disbanded immediately after the new footage was released.”
False
March 8, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on January 8, 2023 a tweet
Photo shows a copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ at attack on Brazil’s capital.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 9, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 28, 2022 Instagram post
“Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before #January6th”
False
November 3, 2022
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