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Latest Fact-Checks In Jan. 6

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 28, 2022 in 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
By Michael Majchrowicz • November 3, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A photo shows David DePape filming the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a post:
Video shows Marjorie Taylor Greene planted pipe bombs at Republican and Democratic party headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video footage showing Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi hiding on Jan. 6, 2021, shows the U.S. Capitol attack “was a setup.”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 6, 2022 in a video:
The Jan. 6 hearing “was abruptly canceled after it was revealed that news networks would not be showing it.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Pelosi’s panel ready to arrest Trump.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 10, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 29, 2022 in a tweet:
"Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection."
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 30, 2022 in Facebook posts:
President Donald Trump was in a presidential limousine as he left his Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the White House Ellipse.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 8, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 17, 2022 in a post on Facebook:
An image shows gas prices on Jan. 6, 2021.
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By Grace Abels • June 21, 2022
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment:
“Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 13, 2022
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on June 9, 2022 in a TV segment:
“Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol" before Jan. 6, 2021, but was "rejected" by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 13, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on June 7, 2022 in a podcast episode:
“Bennie Thompson actively cheer-led riots in the ’90s.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • June 13, 2022
Jack Del Rio
Jack Del Rio
stated on June 8, 2022 in a press conference:
The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was a dust-up.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 9, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 21, 2022 in a statement to the media:
Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “perhaps in collusion with the Radical Left Democrats” are attempting to “unseat” U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
False
By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia:
Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2022
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 4, 2022 in an interview with the Washington Post:
"We've had two members engage in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2022
Mauro Garza
Mauro Garza
stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad:
“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2022
Jonathon Moseley
Jonathon Moseley
stated on February 1, 2022 in a TV segment:
“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 4, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2022 in a statement given to the press:
Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2022
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