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

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. Former President Donald Trump tried to blame then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the violence on January 6, 2021 – when his own supporters stormed the US Capitol, claiming she was “in charge” of security that day. Facts First: This is false. The speaker of the House is...