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Fact checking Trump's claims about January 6 during CNN's townhall

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By CNN staff Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a CNN town hall Wednesday where he made numerous false claims about the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check of some of those claims.

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  1. Local News 8

    Fact checking Trump's claims about January 6 during CNN's townhall (opens Local News 8)

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    By CNN staff Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a CNN town hall Wednesday where he made numerous false claims about the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check of some of those claims.

  2. Tucson

    Fact-checking Trump’s ‘lightning round’ of lies at the CNN town hall (opens Tucson)

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    Former President Donald Trump’s town hall event felt like a lightning round of false and misleading claims — most of which we’ve heard before. Among them: He claimed the conservative

  3. New York Times

    Trump Revives Election Lies and False Boasts in CNN Town Hall (opens New York Times)

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    Former President Donald J. Trump misleadingly and wrongly described his own record, the events of Jan. 6, 2021, his handling of classified documents, foreign policy and the economy.

  4. The Guardian

    Trump repeatedly lied at his CNN town hall. His biggest claims, factchecked (opens The Guardian)

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    The ex-president made false claims about the 2020 election, January 6, his sexual abuse trial and more

  5. FactCheck.org

    FactChecking Trump's CNN Town Hall (opens FactCheck.org)

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    Former President Donald Trump's town hall event felt like a lightning round of false and misleading claims -- most of which we've heard before -- on voter fraud, immigration, classified documents and more.

  6. Variety

    Donald Trump Repeats False 'Rigged' Election Claims at CNN Town Hall (opens Variety)

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    Former president Donald J. Trump opened his CNN Town Hall by repeating false conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged."

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