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Latest Fact-Checks In Jan. 6

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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."
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By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 30, 2022 a post:
“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2022 a Facebook post:
A Black Lives Matter administrator was arrested in a 1983 bombing at the U.S. Capitol.
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • January 19, 2022
Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson
stated on October 21, 2021 an interview with Diamond and Silk:
Says N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has gone after Jan. 6 protesters but he has “said nothing” about violent summer protests in North Carolina and was “derelict in his duty.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2021
Rodney Davis
Rodney Davis
stated on July 27, 2021 remarks at a press conference:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 21, 2021 a viral image:
“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.
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By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 24, 2021 an Instagram post:
People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 a speech:
“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
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By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2021
Michael van der Veen
Michael van der Veen
stated on February 12, 2021 a speech at the U.S. Senate:
After the Capitol insurrection, “one of the first people arrested was a leader of antifa."
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By Daniel Funke • February 12, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 14, 2021 a Facebook post:
“CNN-NPR photojournalist Jade Sacker was embedded with antifa leader" during the U.S. Capitol attack.
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By Tom Kertscher • January 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
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By Bill McCarthy • January 9, 2021