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Ever since the riot in the US Capitol on January 6, we have struggled to find out exactly what happened there. As time goes on, we are finding that just about everything we were told about that event is false. We know, for instance, that one of the rioters, the one who took the video of the execution of Ashli Babbitt, was on the payroll of CNN and NBC, see Leftist Videographer John Sullivan Was Paid by Major Media Organizations for Footage of the Capitol Unrest. We know that Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was not beaten to death, and we also know that nearly two months after his death, the FBI still refuses to give a cause of death or charge anyone with a crime, see FBI Director Wray Is Asked About Brian Sicknick’s Cause of Death, His Response Is Just Not Acceptable). We know there were no “kill teams” looking for Mike Pence or anyone else. We know the guys with zip ties picked them up from where Capitol Police dropped them. We have yet to see any
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In the aftermath of the Capitol riot on January 6, we were inundated with multiple stories about the nefarious acts carried out there. There was the story of men prowling the Capitol with zip ties. No one ever talked to them but the media let us know that they were surely on the hunt to kidnap members of Congress. That turned out to be a lot less than accurate, see Remember That ‘Zip Tie’ Guy Capitol Riot Story? Turns out That’s Not Quite True Either. We were regaled with tales of “kill teams” searching for Mike Pence and Mitt Romney, a story that was amplified by Nebraska VichyCon Ben Sasse. Now we find out those stories were false. We were told that many of the people in the Capitol were armed with guns. Thus far there have been zero people in the Capitol charged with any kind of a firearms violation. There is the whole saga of deceased Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Sicknick, we were assured, had been beaten on the head with a fire extinguis