A year after the Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump promoted a misleading and unproven claim about Georgia’s 2020 election.
Author: McKenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY
Fact check roundup: Debunking false narratives about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot two years later
In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, USA TODAY fact-checked a wide array of conspiracy theories and false narratives. Here’s a look.
Fact check: Trump repeats false claim that Pelosi rejected request for National Guard ahead of Jan. 6
Donald Trump recently repeated the false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected his request for 10,000 National Guard troops ahead of Jan. 6.
Fact check: False claim that Walt Disney’s frozen body will be thawed in December
Disney’s body was cremated and his ashes were interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Fact check: Workers fired for refusing a vaccine are unlikely to qualify for unemployment
Employment experts say workers who are fired for refusing a vaccine are generally ineligible for unemployment benefits, but there are some exceptions.
Fact check: Viral image of plastic bags filled with gas is from 2019
An image claiming to show gas-filled plastic bags amid the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline was actually taken in 2019 in Mexico.
Fact check: Image falsely claims to show Harris and Pelosi sleeping during Biden’s speech to Congress
A viral image of VP Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi with their eyes closed is being falsely used on social media to claim they were asleep.
Fact check: George Floyd’s death ruled a homicide, not fentanyl overdose
Autopsies concluded George Floyd’s death was a homicide. Levels of fentanyl were present in Floyd’s system, but not enough to be considered fatal.
Fact check: Flipped photo falsely claims Biden has a body double and is left-handed
A viral photo of Joe Biden has been digitally flipped to make him look left-handed, and to make the false claim that he has a body double.
Fact check: Altered image makes false claim about Time magazine’s Person of the Year
While health care workers were selected as Guardians of the Year, they were not chosen as Person of the Year, as a Facebook post claims.