“Some say the riots were caused by Antifa. There is absolutely no evidence of that.”
Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Leader. During the House impeachment debate.. Claim dated 14 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Neither the FBI nor anyone else has found evidence of Antifa involvement.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Minority Leader) made this claim around 14 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 January 2021. Its rating was “True”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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