A year after a mob of Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol, conspiracy theories and falsehoods about that day still reverberate. The AP looks at the most persistent claims.
unfold on live television. Police officers testified to the violence and mayhem. Criminal proceedings in open court detailed what happened.
Several different conspiracy theories have emerged in the year since the insurrection, according to an analysis of online content by media intelligence firm Zignal Labs on behalf of The Associated Press. Unfounded claims that the rioters were members of antifa went viral first, only to be overtaken by a baseless claim blaming FBI operatives. Other theories say the rioters were peaceful and were framed for crimes that never happened.
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