Latest Fact-checks Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.” Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Instagram posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: The storming of the Capitol was staged. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Democrats supported riots “when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!” Mo Brooks stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: “Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows police removing disabled protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A facial recognition firm “confirmed antifa infiltrated the Trump rally in D.C.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Ellipse outside the White House: "We won. We won in a landslide. This was a landslide.” Shannon Grove stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "Antifa" is to blame for storming the U.S. Capitol. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Viral image stated on January 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “2 sitting senators counting ballots” in Georgia. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says shredded ballots were found in Dell boxes in Georgia Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night." Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.” Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says City Blue Imaging Services in Rochester, N.Y. “printed ballots there. If you search them you’ll see they’re the ones who had ballots misprint errors for the ballots sent to NYC.” Viral image stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting the 2020 election in Washington D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021. Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.” Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge. Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.” Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “President-elect Biden steps down as president-elect.” Bloggers stated on January 4, 2021 in a blog post: “1776 flag flying over White House!” in January 2021. “Revolution Signal.” Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.” Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.” Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
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Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.” Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Instagram posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: The storming of the Capitol was staged. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Democrats supported riots “when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!” Mo Brooks stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: “Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows police removing disabled protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A facial recognition firm “confirmed antifa infiltrated the Trump rally in D.C.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Ellipse outside the White House: "We won. We won in a landslide. This was a landslide.” Shannon Grove stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "Antifa" is to blame for storming the U.S. Capitol. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Viral image stated on January 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “2 sitting senators counting ballots” in Georgia. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says shredded ballots were found in Dell boxes in Georgia Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night." Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.” Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says City Blue Imaging Services in Rochester, N.Y. “printed ballots there. If you search them you’ll see they’re the ones who had ballots misprint errors for the ballots sent to NYC.” Viral image stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting the 2020 election in Washington D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021. Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.” Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge. Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.” Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “President-elect Biden steps down as president-elect.” Bloggers stated on January 4, 2021 in a blog post: “1776 flag flying over White House!” in January 2021. “Revolution Signal.” Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.” Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.” Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
Ken Paxton stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.”
Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.
Instagram posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: The storming of the Capitol was staged.
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Democrats supported riots “when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!”
Mo Brooks stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet: “Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.”
Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows police removing disabled protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots.
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A facial recognition firm “confirmed antifa infiltrated the Trump rally in D.C.”
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.”
Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters.”
Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Ellipse outside the White House: "We won. We won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”
Shannon Grove stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "Antifa" is to blame for storming the U.S. Capitol.
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.”
Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."
Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”
Viral image stated on January 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “2 sitting senators counting ballots” in Georgia.
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says shredded ballots were found in Dell boxes in Georgia
Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet: "They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night."
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.”
Facebook posts stated on December 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says City Blue Imaging Services in Rochester, N.Y. “printed ballots there. If you search them you’ll see they’re the ones who had ballots misprint errors for the ballots sent to NYC.”
Viral image stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows people protesting the 2020 election in Washington D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021.
Viral image stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.”
Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.
Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”
Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “President-elect Biden steps down as president-elect.”
Bloggers stated on January 4, 2021 in a blog post: “1776 flag flying over White House!” in January 2021. “Revolution Signal.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews: On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.”
Viral image stated on January 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.”
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
