Latest Articles The legitimacy of the Jan. 6 committee, explained By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2022 House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here's what to watch By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2022 What Kevin McCarthy said, and didn’t say, about Trump and the Capitol assault By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2022 A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022 The Jan. 6 committee’s court filing: How important is it? By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2022 A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack By Madison Czopek • February 22, 2022 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy • January 18, 2022 Look who’s not talking: Key figures who aren’t cooperating with Jan. 6 investigators By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2022 The facts of a fair US election have only gotten stronger since Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2022 How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6 By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2022 The Jan. 6 Capitol attack: A year of debunking false narratives By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 4, 2022 PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2022 WATCH: Lie of the Year 2021 By Kayla Steinberg • December 17, 2021 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2021 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 15, 2021 How many newly elected officials and Congressional candidates were ‘involved’ in the Capitol riot? By Gabrielle Settles • December 3, 2021 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2021 There’s still no evidence that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 riot, despite stories claiming otherwise By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy • November 5, 2021 ‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6 By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2021
The legitimacy of the Jan. 6 committee, explained By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2022 House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here's what to watch By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2022 What Kevin McCarthy said, and didn’t say, about Trump and the Capitol assault By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2022 A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022 The Jan. 6 committee’s court filing: How important is it? By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2022 A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack By Madison Czopek • February 22, 2022 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy • January 18, 2022 Look who’s not talking: Key figures who aren’t cooperating with Jan. 6 investigators By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2022 The facts of a fair US election have only gotten stronger since Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2022 How Democrats aim to define the lessons of Jan. 6 By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2022 The Jan. 6 Capitol attack: A year of debunking false narratives By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 4, 2022 PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2022 WATCH: Lie of the Year 2021 By Kayla Steinberg • December 17, 2021 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2021 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 15, 2021 How many newly elected officials and Congressional candidates were ‘involved’ in the Capitol riot? By Gabrielle Settles • December 3, 2021 Can the Jan. 6 committee get to the truth about the attack — and get Americans to believe it? By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2021 There’s still no evidence that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 riot, despite stories claiming otherwise By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy • November 5, 2021 ‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6 By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2021
