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2024-10-23 20:47:17 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 80175A9AFD673A45BD117026394EA59B694DA6DA066A0399F4990D74CF6039B3
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This is false and repeatedly debunked. Court documents show that some of the more than 430 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol brought guns onto Capitol grounds. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/missouri-man-sentenced-felony-weapons-charge-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-man-pleads-guilty-carrying-gun-and-assaulting-law-enforcement-officers-jan-6 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-supporter-charged-firing-gun-jan-6-capitol-attack-rcna142538 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/gun-toting-jan-6-defendant-says-instinct-took-charged-police-line-wood-rcna79755 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-capitol-assault-kennedy-lindsey-sword-steel-whip-pepper-spray-weapons-fbi-says/ https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/fbi-california-woman-brought-weapons-into-capitol-during-jan-6-riot-124080800008_1.html https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-riot-gun-arrest-6c626e624d0025b1e14eb9a1c22a1730 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/banuelos-gun-jan6-capitol-riot/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-rioter-came-to-dc-with-arsenal-brought-pistol-onto-capitol-grounds_n_67117b50e4b0b6831a124c63 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/us/politics/john-banuelos-jan-6-gun-charges.html https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/trump-january-6-capitol-unarmed-univision/ https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-were-there-armed-protesters-capitol-january-6-1715326 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/13/donald-trump/jan-6-defendants-were-armed-guns-other-weapons-doc/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/05/robert-f-kennedy-jr/rfk-jr-falsely-said-that-jan-6-protestors-carried/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/january-6-capitol-no-weapons-firearms-guns-evidence/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/armed-insurrection-january-6-guns-fact-check/index.html#:~:text=So%20far%2C%20with,to%20court%20documents https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters-were-armed-here-are-the-weapons-prosecutors-say-they-used#:~:text=Federal%20prosecutors%20say,first%2Daid%20kit https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/15/fact-check-were-firearms-other-weapons-capitol-jan-6/7621149001/ https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2021/09/trump-extremists-guns-january-6-insurrection-congress-domestic-terrorism/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/08/jan6-defendants-guns/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/january-6-armed-insurrection-congress-guns-trump-lie/#:~:text=A%20Texas%20man%20who%20pleaded%20guilty%20to%20January%206%20charges%20and%20to%20posting%20a%20comment%20about%20assassinating%20Democratic%20Rep.%20Alexandria%20Ocasio%2DCortez%20carried%20a%20gun%20at%20the%20Capitol%2C%20according%20to%20the%20committee%E2%80%99s%20report.%20He%20said%20he%E2%80%99d%20gone%20to%C2%A0DC%20because%20he%20was%20%E2%80%9Cfollowing%20the%20instructions%20of%20former%20President%20Trump https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23515430/report_finalreport_jan6selectcommittee.pdf https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/capitol-rioter-armed-gun-jan-6-found-guilty-charges-rcna80387 https://www.vice.com/en/article/jan-6-committee-report-rioters-armed/#:~:text=A%20Three%20Percenter%20from%20Texas%20brought%20a%20loaded%20gun%20onto%20Capitol%20grounds.%20Another%20rioter%20lost%20his%20gun%20in%20the%20chaos%20on%20the%20Capitol%20steps%20after%20he%20assaulted%20a%20police%20officer https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/fact-check-rfk-jr-january-6-weapons/index.html#:~:text=People%20who%20illegally%20breached%20Capitol%20grounds%20during%20the%20riot%20were%C2%A0armed%20with%20a%20wide%20variety%20of%20weapons%2C%20including%C2%A0guns%2C%C2%A0stun%20guns%2C%C2%A0knives%2C%C2%A0batons%2C%C2%A0baseball%20bats%2C%C2%A0flagpoles%C2%A0and%C2%A0chemical%20sprays https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/04/fact-check-fbi-says-bureau-didnt-recover-guns-capitol-riot/4578286001/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Justice%20has%20charged%20at%20least%20three%20people%20on%20gun%20charges%20stemming%20from%20the%20Jan.%206%20riot%2C%20including%20one%20whom%C2%A0prosecutors%20said%20Metro%20police%20found%20carrying%20a%20loaded%20handgun%20with%20an%20extra%20magazine https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/capitol-protesters-were-armed-with-variety-of-weapons/#:~:text=The%20Metropolitan%20Police%20Department%20reported%20its%20officers%2C%20while%20trying%20to%20clear%20the%20Capitol%20grounds%20about%207%20p.m.%20on%20Jan.%206%2C%20arrested%20and%20charged%20a%2033%2Dyear%2Dold%20Maryland%20man%20with%20the%20federal%20offense%20of%20carrying%20a%20fully%20loaded%209mm%20semi%2Dautomatic%20handgun%20on%20Capitol%20grounds
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