'An insane statement': CNN fact checker gives Trump brutal smackdown over latest rant

Donald Trump got a brutal fact check after once again blaming former House speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The former president spoke to reporters outside Mar-a-Lago as he prepared to make a campaign stop in Nevada, as his attorney presented arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a Colorado ruling that declared him ineligible for the state's ballot, and CNN fact checker Daniel Dale examined his remarks.

"He also said this was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi," Dale said. "That is an insane statement, that is beyond fact check false – that is completely deranged. This was a mob of pro-Trump supporters called to town, urged to be wild by Trump himself. Nancy Pelosi tried to protect the Capitol, tried to summon National Guard troops. Completely bonkers nonsense."

"He also said there were no guns, something we've heard again and again from him," Dale added. "There were, in fact, guns. We may never get a complete list of how many guns were there because most of the rioters were permitted to go home without arrest that day, but some people were arrested with guns."

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Dale listed Mark Mazz of Indiana, who got 60 months in prison for carrying two loaded guns on Capitol grounds and assaulting law enforcement officers, Guy Reffitt of Texas, who got 87 months for bringing a handgun to the attack, Christopher Alberts of Maryland, who got seven years in prison for carrying a concealed weapon and leading a charge against police, and Jerod Thomas Bargar of Missouri, who's awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to weapons and other charges in the attack.

"This idea that it has taken hold in parts of the right, fueled by Trump, that there were no guns that day is completely not true," Dale said.

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