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“Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
Kari Lake Arizona Republican primary candidate for governor. Claim dated 13 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

More than 775 people have been arrested in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors have filed charging documents that show the alleged crimes by the individuals.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Kari Lake (Arizona Republican primary candidate for governor) made this claim around 13 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Kari Lake has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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