Trump's airbrushed version of Jan. 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself

NPR | By Tom Dreisbach,

Barbara Van Woerkom, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Sanidhya Sharma, Emily Bogle, Barrie Hardymon, Alyson Hurt

Published January 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM EST

NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

Explore the full archive and a database of prosecutions at: npr.org/j6archive

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