In this week's Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald explores claims that Capitol police acted as a de facto 'tour guides' for a Jan. 6 protester, Americans are not legally required to pay taxes, living beings inhabit the moon and more.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently aired selective security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building showing one of the protesters, Jacob Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, during the riot.
Chansley's signed plea agreement states he was among rioters who entered the Capitol through a door that had been broken and challenged Capitol police who were asking him to peacefully leave. He entered the Senate Gallery, screamed obscenities and sat in the seat reserved for then-Vice President Mike Pence. He refused to vacate the seat despite repeated requests from an officer who had followed him only because he was outnumbered.
"If there's no law that binds us to paying taxes. The question I have is, why are we?" read a Facebook post that included the 3-minute video. The clip includes comments from people identified as a tax lawyer, a tax adviser and a former Internal Revenue Service agent.
But this refers to the idea that people initially are responsible for figuring out the amount of taxes owed, or due in a refund, and filling out the documents to show that.
"These are the folks who want to abolish the department of education and are banning books," wrote one commenter.
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