The fact check team at @USATODAY is debunking disinformation that is spreading about the US Capitol riot. Here’s a thread of some fact-checks so far:
San Francisco pro-Trump rally photo passed off as DC protest image https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/06/fact-check-california-pro-trump-rally-photo-passed-off-dc-protest/6562379002/
Fact check: San Francisco pro-Trump rally photo passed off as DC protest image

A viral Facebook image claiming to show a caravan of Trump supporters headed to protest election results is actually from San Francisco in October.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/06/fact-check-california-pro-trump-rally-photo-passed-off-dc-protest/6562379002/
Viral images claiming to show pro-Trump demonstrations this week are actually photos from the 2018 March for Our Lives rally and 2017 Women’s March https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/06/fact-check-images-falsely-claim-show-pro-trump-demonstrations/6566890002/
Fact check: Images falsely claim to show this week's pro-Trump demonstrations

Viral images claiming to show protests in D.C. are false. The photos circulating depict different demonstrations that took place years ago.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/06/fact-check-images-falsely-claim-show-pro-trump-demonstrations/6566890002/
No, Mike Pence was not arrested on Jan. 6, he was moved from the Senate chamber to a secure location. By @camille_caldera https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-posts-falsely-claim-vice-president-mike-pence-arrested/6574866002/
Fact check: Social media falsely claims Vice President Mike Pence was arrested

After rioters breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, social media posts claimed Vice President Mike Pence had been arrested. That is false.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-posts-falsely-claim-vice-president-mike-pence-arrested/6574866002/
Claims that President-elect Joe Biden condemned violence Jan. 6 but didn't condemn violent protests by BLM or antifa last summer are false. By @camille_caldera https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-joe-biden-has-condemned-violent-protests-several-times/6576824002/
Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned protest-related violence from the left and the right

Biden's critics took to Facebook to claim he had not condemned previous instances of violent protest by activists from Black Lives Matter and antifa.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-joe-biden-has-condemned-violent-protests-several-times/6576824002/
Members of antifa were not identified among rioters at the U.S. Capitol by a facial recognition company, as claimed in a now-retracted story by The Washington Times. By @therealco https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-false-claim-facial-recognition-antifa-capitol/6580679002/
Fact check: False claim of facial recognition of antifa members during U.S. Capitol riot

Facial recognition software firm XRVision has refuted a now-retracted story that its product matched rioters at the U.S. Capitol to members of antifa.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-false-claim-facial-recognition-antifa-capitol/6580679002/
Face-painted Capitol Building trespasser in horns is a known QAnon supporter. The man, identified as Jake Angeli, has a long, public affiliation with far-right, pro-Trump and QAnon movements. By @devonslink https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-capitol-trespasser-in-horns-misrepresented-as-antifa/6581755002/
Fact Check: Face-painted Capitol Building trespasser in horns is a known QAnon supporter

A Tweet falsely claims that the face-painted man seen breaching the Capitol Building was with antifa and BLM. The man is a known QAnon supporter.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-capitol-trespasser-in-horns-misrepresented-as-antifa/6581755002/
Demonstrators erected a cross at Michigan Capitol, not US Capitol. By @camille_caldera https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-demonstrators-erected-cross-michigan-capitol/6581629002/
Fact check: Demonstrators erected a cross at Michigan Capitol, not US Capitol

On Jan. 6, pro-Trump demonstrators raised a cross in front of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, not the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-demonstrators-erected-cross-michigan-capitol/6581629002/
Viral images compare handling of Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riot. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-photos-compare-handling-of-blm-protest-capitol-riot/6578562002/
Fact check: Viral images compare handling of Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riot

Posts on social media use images to compare law enforcement's treatment of Black Lives Matter protests with the Capitol breach.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-photos-compare-handling-of-blm-protest-capitol-riot/6578562002/
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