Federal prosecutors have arrested more than 800 people in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and investigations are still ongoing.
Still, as the House committee probing the attack has been holding public hearings, some are arguing no arrests have been made. In a July 13 Facebook post, video bloggers Ineitha Lynnette Hardaway and Herneitha Rochelle Hardaway Richardson – known as Diamond and Silk – claim that no one was arrested inside the Capitol building the day of the riot.
"Why was nobody arrested inside of the Capitol on January 6th if a crime was being committed?" reads the post.
The post generated over 42,000 interactions and 2,400 shares in less than a week. Similar posts have amassed hundreds of interactions on Instagram.
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But the claim is baseless.
Several people were arrested inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6., and hundreds were arrested and charged in the weeks following the 2021 attack.
A federal indictment shows that six people were arrested inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6 and later charged on four counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in the Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating...
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