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Court documents show news organizations paid Sullivan around $90,000 for his footage from the insurrection, but he is not a 'known antifa member.' Federal charging documents do not link Sullivan to any anti-fascist groups, and Sullivan has repeatedly denied being associated with the movement. Our rating: Partly falseД«ased on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that aВ 'known antifa member' was paid $70,000 for his video of the Jan.

USA TODAY reached out to Sullivan through his defense attorney, but he declined to comment. And local Black Lives Matter groups in Utah have disavowed him, accusing him of being an 'agent provocateur.' PolitiFact, an independent fact-checking organization, reported in January that Sullivan's social media accounts frequently used hashtags associated with anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter activists.В He has described himself as a Trump opponent and supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.Д«ut Sullivan has repeatedly denied being associated with antifa groups. Sullivan told the FBI he was an activist and journalist, despite the fact that he had no press credentials.ДЇact check: Journalist who filmed U.S. His video capturedВ the death ofВ Babbitt, a military veteran from California whom police shot as she tried to force her way through a hallway inside the Capitol.Д¬ourt papers in his criminal caseВ do not mention him being affiliated with any anti-fascist groups. authorities ordered Sullivan to forfeit about $90,000 he made from selling footage he took in and around the Capitol building on Jan. But heВ has denied any affiliation with antifa, and federal charging documents do not suggest he's linked to the movement.Д¬ourt filings showВ U.S. News organizations paid Sullivan tens of thousands of dollars for his footage from the Capitol riot. Sullivan was paid, but not affiliated with antifa 6 revealedВ a long history of supporting Trump and other conservative causes. In case after case, research into the backgrounds of those arrested in connection with Jan. Hundreds of federal charging documentsВ reveal that members of far-right groups like the Proud Boys, not antifa, participated in the attack. 6 Capitol riotДuring his March testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau hadn't seen 'any evidence of any anarchist violent extremists or people subscribing to antifa in connection with the 6th.' Hundreds of videos taken at the Capitol during the insurrection show rioters brandishing pro-Trump, QAnon and far-right paraphernalia. More: Officers ask lawmakers to 'get to the bottom' of Jan. Social media users falsely claimed facial recognition technology proved the theory,В and that a supporter of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, pictured wearing horns inside the Capitol building, was actually an antifa activist.Д«ut claims that antifa orchestrated the Jan. The conspiracy theory, which falsely claimed antifa activistsВ disguised as Trump supportersВ were responsible for the Capitol riot, traveled from fringe internet sites to the floor of Congress within hours, USA TODAY previously reported.

6 that some pinned the attack on antifa activists, too. It wasn't long after rioters breached the Capitol barriers Jan. In the past, antifa activists have been wrongly blamed for murders, shootings and even wildfires.

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