“The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.”
Jonathan Brostoff
State representative, D-Milwaukee. Claim dated 8 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A plain-clothes officer shot and killed a 35-year-old San Diego woman as she climbed over a barricade inside the U.S. Capitol. The Capitol Police chief said the shots were fired by an officer with his agency.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jonathan Brostoff (State representative, D-Milwaukee) made this claim around 8 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 January 2021. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- politifact.comhttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/jonathan-brostoff/capitol-police-not-se…
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