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Trump's January 6 remarks and the Capitol attack

The connection between President Trump's January 6, 2021 remarks and the attack on the Capitol, with various institutions quoting his speech to support different conclusions.

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Jan 19, 2026
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What evidence did the House Jan. 6 committee present linking Trump to attempts to overturn the 2020 election?

The House Jan. 6 committee presented a multi-part body of evidence it said linked Donald Trump to a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election—ranging from repeated public falsehoods and pressur...

Jan 15, 2026
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What did Trump say immediately after urging supporters to fight like hell?

Immediately after telling his supporters “we fight, we fight like hell,” President Donald Trump pivoted to telling the crowd they would march to the Capitol — saying words to the effect of “We’re goin...

Jan 24, 2026
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Davos 2026 Trump's helicopter not met with deligates

’s arrival and reception at 2026 are well documented as mixed — greeted warmly on stage by parts of the audience but met with visible discomfort and criticism from others — yet none of the major conte...

Jan 17, 2026

Has Donald trump done anything negative

Yes — the public record shows numerous actions and episodes widely characterized as negative: a long list of controversies, ethics and legal entanglements, policy rollbacks affecting civil and human r...

Jan 13, 2026

What were the immediate media reactions to Trump's January 6 rally statements?

Mainstream and fact‑checking outlets immediately characterized former President Donald Trump’s January 6 rally remarks as incendiary and potentially mobilizing, pointing to repeated calls to “fight” a...

Jan 23, 2026

What specific incidents or public statements by Trump have duty-to-warn psychiatrists cited as the most dangerous, and where can the original texts be found?

A cohort of psychiatrists who invoke a “duty to warn” has repeatedly pointed to particular public statements and episodes in ’s public record as the most alarming: repeated falsehoods and “bizarre” cl...

Feb 6, 2026

trump ivanka

’s relationship with his daughter Ivanka has been both publicly affectionate and privately controversial: Ivanka served as a senior adviser and retained a close public alignment with her father’s bran...

Feb 6, 2026

What public audio/video exists of Trump’s statements about the January 6 rioters and their chants?

Public, widely viewed audio and video of on , 2021, includes his live speech on that urged supporters to "fight" and to "walk down to ," an evening statement and video in which he expressed sympathy f...

Feb 2, 2026

Did president Trump tell protestors to attack the Capitol January 6th?

urged his supporters to gather in on January 6 and in his Ellipse speech told the crowd "we're going to walk down to the " and to "fight like hell," language that many investigators, prosecutors, and ...

Jan 23, 2026

What other phrases did Trump use about the election in his January 6 2021 speech?

The January 6, 2021 "" speech repeatedly framed the result as fraudulent, using short, emotive phrases—both to describe the election and to urge action—such as "stolen," "rigged," "never concede," "se...

Jan 6, 2026

How long was Donald Trump's full January 6 2021 rally speech?

The publicly available reporting assembled here does not provide a single, definitive minute-by-minute duration for Donald Trump’s full January 6, 2021, “Save America” rally speech, but contemporary d...