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There’s no evidence of Antifa involvement in the US Capitol insurrection, according to NBC, Snopes and fact-checkers

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Hundreds of people have been arrested for their involvement in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Dozens of those arrested have proven connections to far-right movements, according to NPR. There is no evidence that anyone involved in the insurrection has any connection to the Antifa movement, according to The New York Times, Snopes and other fact-checkers.

Hundreds of people have been arrested for their involvement in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Dozens of those arrested have proven connections to far-right movements, according to NPR. There is no evidence that anyone involved in the insurrection has any connection to the Antifa movement, according to The New York Times, Snopes and other fact-checkers.

  1. Feb 12

    Fact check: Trump attorney suggests Antifa was involved in infiltrating Trump supporters during Jan. 6 protests. There’s no evidence of widespread Antifa involvement and no criminal complaints filed so far accuse anyone of being involved with Antifa.

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  2. Feb 12

    Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen falsely claimed that one of the first people arrested after the Capitol attack was "a leader of Antifa," before going on to accuse Democrats of encouraging "mob violence" over the past four years.

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  3. Feb 12

    Despite claims about John Sullivan and antifa involvement, there is no evidence that the mob was anyone but Trump supporters.

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  4. Feb 11

    More than 200 people have been charged in connection to the Capitol insurrection. NPR examined court documents, public records and social media to figure out: Who joined the mob? What did they do? And why? Here's what we found.

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  5. Feb 11

    26 people charged so far in the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection directly invoked former President Trump in explaining or defending their actions that day.

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  6. Jan 7

    There is no evidence that the antifa movement — a loosely organized collective of antifascist activists — stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    NEW: GOP Sen. Ron Johnson raised unproven claims about about "provocateurs" and "fake Trump supporters" participating in the Capitol riot during a hearing on the Jan. 6 attack.

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  8. 9 hours ago

    Again, there is no evidence anyone but a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.

    Republican Ron Johnson just finished reading excerpts from a column that blamed the insurrection on antifa, saying that it was staged by "provocateurs." That is a lie. A senator is spreading disinformation in a Senate hearing.
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  9. Feb 12

    Fact check: Trump attorney suggests Antifa was involved in infiltrating Trump supporters during Jan. 6 protests. There’s no evidence of widespread Antifa involvement and no criminal complaints filed so far accuse anyone of being involved with Antifa.

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  10. Feb 12

    There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor has spread quickly anyway

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  11. Jan 6

    Information gathered from images of people who stormed the US Capitol suggests the participants have links to far-right movements, according to The New York Times, Buzzfeed News and other fact-checkers.

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