NO: The facial recognition company XRVision did not identify supporters of the antifamovement among the mob who stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. YES: The openly conservative Washington Times published a report falsely claiming that XRVision had “matched two Philadelphia antifa members to two men inside the Senate.” NO: This is not true. YES: The Times removed the story from its website on Jan. 7 and replaced it with a new version with a correction. YES: Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz cited the incorrect report in remarks he made on the House floor after the Capitol was secured and repeated the false claim that some of the rioters were “members of the violent terrorist group Antifa.”

Note: Antifa is an unofficial anti-fascism movement and not an established organization.

Related:

• “Trump loyalists push evidence-free claims that antifa activists fueled mob”(Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins, NBC News).
• “There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway”(Daniel Funke and Bill McCarthy, PolitiFact).

NO: Capitol Police officers did not simply let this pro-Trump mob through the barricades surrounding the Capitol building on Jan. 6. YES: Marcus DiPaola, the freelance journalist who shot this video and posted it to TikTok as part of his coverage of the Capitol riots, told PolitiFact that the police “definitely didn’t just open the barriers.” YES: A number of other videos show vastly outnumbered Capitol Police fighting to protect the Capitol, including at an initial barrier on the perimeter of the Capitol grounds. YES: Some video clips also seem to show police not resisting the rioters, and at least one police officer appeared to allow a rioter to take a selfie with him.

Related:

• “A Tale of Two Protests: Police treatment differed in Black Lives Matter vs. Capitol riots” (Nathan Baca, WUSA9).
• “Rioters breached US Capitol security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protesters on DC streets last year” (Nicole Chavez, CNN).
• “Former Capitol police chief shares thoughts on why officers appeared to let rioters in” (Minyvonne Burke, NBC News).

NO: This photo does not show Senate aides protecting Electoral College votes as the Senate chamber was evacuated on Jan. 6. YES: It shows aides carrying the ballot boxes from the Senate to the House chamber to be certified about an hour before rioters breached the Capitol building. YES: Parliamentary floor staff were creditedwith saving the ballot boxes from the mob.