Donald Trump Falsely Claims 'Nobody Was Killed' During January 6 Insurrection, Says He Had a Bigger Crowd Than Martin Luther King Jr. in Rambling Press Conference

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Donald Trump is making false claims in a bizarre new press conference. The 78-year-old former President of the United States shocked viewers with a press conference on Thursday (August 8), during which he repeatedly lied and said that “nobody was killed” during the deadly January 6 insurrection led by his supporters at the Capitol in 2021. “I think the people that if you look at Jan.

6, which a lot of people aren’t talking about very much, those people were treated very harshly when you compare them to other things that took place in this country where a lot of people were killed,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago. “Nobody was killed on Jan.

6. But I think the people of Jan. 6 were treated very unfairly.” Keep reading to find out more… This is false: as the New York Times points out, at least 7 people died in connection with the Jan.

6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including a Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer.