Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald Trump in a speech shortly before a mob stormed the building, temporarily halting the counting of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress. On that day — and afterward — we debunked false, misleading and unfounded claims related to the events that day. Here is a summary of our coverage. Trump's Speech. In a rally near the White House, one year ago, Trump served his supporters a laundry list of bogus claims about election fraud in swing states. Then-President- elect Joe Biden had won the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona, but Trump, as he had for weeks, made false statements about illegal votes being counted. We wrote about a dozen claims, including Trump's falsehood that "66,000 votes in Georgia were cast by individuals under the legal voting age." The Republican official who oversees Georgia
