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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claims, fuel on a day of chaos

by Calvin Woodward
| January 6, 2021 2:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed his hopeless case for overturning the election to a crowd of supporters Wednesday, fueling the grievances of a mob that then stormed the Capitol and disrupted the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

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