Congress Must Take Action On False January 6 Claims On The White House Website

The White House Website Is Publishing False Information About January 6 The White House has published a January 6 webpage that portrays the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a peaceful protest and frames convicted defendants as victims, while blaming others for the violence. Please speak out against this official rewriting of history and ask the White House to correct or remove demonstrably false claims from an official government site. What The Official Record Shows January 6, 2021 was a violent effort to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results. Approximately 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted, and many suffered serious injuries. Officer Brian Sicknick of the U.S. Capitol Police was assaulted during the attack and died the next day after suffering strokes. A substantial public record, including official congressional reports and court proceedings, documents organized violence and an attempt to halt the peaceful transfer of power. Historical Revisionism As A Tool Of Political Control The White House webpage does more than misstate facts - it mirrors a well-known tactic used by authoritarian regimes, including the former Soviet Union, where official histories were repeatedly rewritten to suit current political needs. In those systems, control over the narrative was used to confuse the public, delegitimize independent sources of truth, and consolidate power. When an American administration uses an official government website to recast a violent attack on democratic institutions as benign or heroic, it adopts the same dangerous method of narrative control that democratic societies have long condemned. Specific Inaccuracies That Require Correction The White House page asserts or implies that the events were essentially peaceful, that defendants were mainly “mere trespassers,” and that deaths and suicides were caused by “merciless persecution.” These claims minimize documented assaults on police and mislead readers about what investigators and official agencies concluded. It is inappropriate for an official government website to present partisan assertions as fact without credible sourcing and without acknowledging the extensive public record. Actions To Stop False Claims On The White House Website Please: • Issue a public statement rejecting the false narrative on the official White House website. • Request that the White House add citations, corrections, and a clear disclaimer distinguishing opinion from verified findings. • Hold oversight hearings on standards for factual accuracy in White House web content and the process for correcting misinformation on official government platforms. • Ask the Archivist and relevant inspectors general to preserve the full change history of this page for accountability. Thank you.