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At least 138–174 law enforcement officers were reported injured in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, with dozens suffering concussions, traumatic brain injuries, cracked ribs, spinal da...
Five deaths are commonly cited in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol when counting deaths that occurred on or immediately after the violence on the Capitol grounds: four c...
The headline answer is this: official contemporaneous counts reported four people dead on January 6, 2021, with several additional law-enforcement officers dying in the days, weeks and months afterwar...
No—Congress did not pass a statute that strips naturalized Americans or dual citizens from federal office or force mass resignations; reporting and fact-checkers show viral claims about a “Born in Ame...
The estimated dollar value of direct physical damage to the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021 riot varies across official filings and later government tallies: early Justice Department and Archi...
Video and documentary footage shows Nancy Pelosi expressing frustration and saying she “takes responsibility” for Capitol security failures on January 6, 2021, but the material does not establish lega...
Estimates of damage to the U.S. Capitol from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack vary across official filings and reporting: the Architect of the Capitol and related agencies put direct property damage to the Cap...
Lt. Michael Byrd has publicly defended his use of lethal force in the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, saying he acted as a to protect members of Congress and fellow officers and that he has been cleared by...
The number of people who died “as a direct result” of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot depends on definitions and which deaths are counted; contemporary reporting and official summaries most commonly ...
The publicly available reporting and analyses present of all people injured during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, but multiple contemporary accounts indicate injuries ranged from dozens of ...
Official postmortem findings and public reporting identify a small group of people who died on January 6, 2021 or in the immediate aftermath; medical examiners attributed those deaths to distinct caus...
The central claim under review is whether Nancy Pelosi bore responsibility for or orchestrated the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack; available public analyses show , but they do document contested...
On January 6, 2021, the National Guard was to the U.S. Capitol; multiple timelines show requests and deliberations occurred before authorization, with the District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) re...
The available materials state that in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, while reporting on individual cases such as Officer Brian Sicknick’s death and subsequent officer suicides, but as a dir...
President Trump posted and reposted messages calling a group of Democratic lawmakers’ video “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” prompting widespread condemnation and security checks; White Hous...
The available reporting and fact‑checks show , when a Capitol Police officer shot her as she attempted to climb through a broken door. Other fatalities connected to that day include Capitol Police Off...
The most consistently reported figure is that during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack; multiple post-event reports and Justice Department commentary cite this number while noting it likely und...
President Donald Trump did not make a documented, formal request to deploy the D.C. National Guard before January 6, 2021; official investigations and Department of Defense timelines find , while some...
Donald Trump posted and reposted social-media messages calling a video by six Democratic lawmakers “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” and critics — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schum...
The deployment of the National Guard to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, involved a measurable delay driven by , with multiple post-event timelines describing a several-hour gap between initial re...