On Jan. 6, 2021, Congress began the electoral process to count votes for the president of the United States. Journalists on the ground reported that the U.S. Capitol Building was in lockdown, and that Trump-supporting rioters had broken down barriers. This liveblog will be updated when news comes in.
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- Fact Check: Were Requests to Deploy National Guard Initially Denied?
- Fact Check: Did Trump Say He Loved Capitol Mob?
- Fact Check: Did Rudy Giuliani Call for a 'Trial by Combat'?
- Fact Check: Did Police Munitions Light Up the Capitol During Riots
- Fact Check: Did Twitter Temporarily Ban Trump?
- Fact Check: Does Video Show Capitol Police Opening Gates for Rioters?
- News: Former President Barack Obama Reacts to Capitol Violence
- News: Melania Trump's Chief of Staff Resigns
- News: West Virginia Lawmaker Among Rioters in Capitol
- Fact Check: Did Apple Block Directions to US Capitol?
- News: RNC Releases Statement on Capitol Violence
- News: VP Press Sec Says Pence Has Returned to Senate
- News: Capitol Violence Makes History
- Fact Check: Does Pic Show Troops during BLM Protests?
- Fact Check: Did Trump Threaten to Prosecute Anyone Who Damaged Federal Buildings?
- Fact Check: Do Photos Show Guns Drawn in US House Chamber?
- Fact Check: Was a Noose Hung Across from the US Capitol?
- News: Speaker Pelosi Says "We Should Proceed Tonight"
- Fact Check: Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide 'Suitcases' of Ballots?
- Fact Check: Did Trump Tell Supporters to Storm Capitol?
- News: Former President George W. Bush Issues Statement
- Fact Check: Does a Photo Podium Taken by Rioter?
- News: NBC News Reports Woman Killed at Capitol
- Fact Check: Did Pence Unfollow Trump?
- News: Facebook VP of Integrity Confirms Removal of Trump Video
- News: Update on Capitol Security
- News: Hillary Clinton Tweets on Capitol Violence
- Fact Check: Rioters Broke into Capitol with Flagpole?
- News: VP-elect Kamala Harris Tweets about Violence
- Fact Check: Confederate Flag Raised outside Capitol?
- Fact Check: Can Veep Play 'Pence Card'?
- Voter Fraud Rumors Stories
- Fact Check: Ivanka Trump Called Mob 'Patriots'?
- Fact Check: Shots Fired in Capitol?
- News: Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls for Trump Impeachment
- Fact Check: Was Pence Rushed out of Capitol?
- News: Trump Posts Video on Social Media
- Fact Check: Antifa Flyer Said to Pose as Trump Supporters after Election?
- News: President-elect Biden Addresses Capitol Violence
- Fact Check: Cross Erected at Capitol?
- AP: National Guard, federal police en route
- Fact Check: Did Antifa Storm Capitol?
- Fact Check: Sinclair Lewis on Fascism
- Fact Check: 50,000 Ballots Suspiciously Appeared in Georgia?
- News: VP Pence Tweets about Capitol Violence
- News: Rioter Photographed in Chamber
- News: U.S. Capitol Building on Lockdown
- News: VP Pence Rushed off Floor
- Fact Check: Does This Photo Show a Crowded MAGA Demonstration?
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Fact Check: Were Requests to Deploy National Guard Initially Denied?
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Fact Check: Did Trump Say He Loved Capitol Mob?
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Fact Check: Did Rudy Giuliani Call for a 'Trial by Combat'?
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Fact Check: Did Police Munitions Light Up the Capitol During Riots?
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Fact Check: Did Twitter Temporarily Ban Trump?
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Fact Check: Does Video Show Capitol Police Opening Gates for Rioters?
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News: Former President Barack Obama Reacts to Capitol Violence
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News: Stephanie Grisham, Chief of Staff for Melania Trump, Resigns
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News: West Virginia Lawmaker Among Rioters in Capitol
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Fact Check: Did Apple Block Directions to US Capitol?
7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT
❌ False. There is no evidence that these screenshots, if authentic, represent anything other than a bug or user error. https://t.co/Rn6D4s6bw2
— snopes.com (@snopes) January 7, 2021
News: RNC Releases Statement on Capitol Violence
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News: VP Press Sec Says Pence Has Returned to Senate
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News: Capitol Has Seen Violence over 220 Years, But Not Like This
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Fact Check: Does Pic Show National Guard Troops Protecting Lincoln Memorial During BLM Protests?
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Fact Check: Did Trump Threaten to Prosecute Anyone Who Damaged Federal Buildings?
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Fact Check: Do Photos Show Guns Drawn in US House Chamber?
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Fact Check: Was a Noose Hung Across from the US Capitol?
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News: Speaker Pelosi Says "We Should Proceed Tonight"
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Fact Check: Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide 'Suitcases' of Ballots From Republican Observers?
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Fact Check: Did Trump Tell Supporters to Storm US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021?
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News: Former President George W. Bush Issues Statement
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Fact Check: Does a Photo Show Rioter Snatching a Podium in the US Capitol?
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News: NBC News Reports Woman Killed at Capitol
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Fact Check: Did Pence Unfollow Trump on Twitter Following Jan. 6 DC Riots?
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News: Facebook VP of Integrity Confirms Removal of Trump Video
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News: Update on Capitol Security
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News: Hillary Clinton Tweets on Capitol Violence
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Fact Check: Did Rioters Break into US Capitol Using American Flagpole?
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News: VP-elect Kamala Harris Tweets about Violence
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Fact Check: Was the Confederate Flag Raised at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.?
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Fact Check: Can Veep Play the 'Pence Card' and Reject US Election Results?
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Voter Fraud Rumors Stories
❌ No evidence supports that was the case. See our fact checks of 2020 voter fraud rumors here: https://t.co/P0PwFoiiHt pic.twitter.com/9J7EooZi8p
— snopes.com (@snopes) January 6, 2021
Fact Check: Did Ivanka Trump Call a Capitol-Storming Mob 'Patriots'?
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Fact Check: Were Shots Fired Inside Capitol During Electoral Count Riots?
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News: Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls for Trump Impeachment
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Fact Check: Was Pence Rushed out of Capitol?
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News: Trump Posts Video on Social Media
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Fact Check: Did an Antifa Flyer Tell 'Comrades' to Pose as Trump Supporters and Riot After Election Day?
News: President-elect Biden Addresses Capitol Violence
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Fact Check: Was a Cross Erected in Front of Capitol Building at Jan. 6 Protests?
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AP: National Guard, federal police en route
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Fact Check: Were Pro-Trump Mobs Storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 Actually Antifa?
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Fact Check: Did Sinclair Lewis Say This about Fascism in America?
Fact Check: 50,000 Ballots Suspiciously Appeared in Georgia?
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News: VP Pence Tweets about Capitol Violence
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News: Rioter Photographed in Chamber
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News: U.S. Capitol Building on Lockdown
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News: VP Pence Rushed off Floor
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Fact Check: Does This Photo Show a Crowded MAGA Demonstration?
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