(CNN) 鈥� The White House rolled out Tuesday with a full-blown recast of the historical record of January 6, 2021, hailing the pro-Trump mob who stormed the US Capitol five years ago as 鈥減eaceful protesters鈥� who were provoked by law enforcement.
The baselessly claims the violence on January 6, 2021, was instigated by law enforcement and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It recasts the rioters as the victims that day, and depicts President Donald Trump as a hero for granting sweeping pardons for the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the deadly attack.
Trump has the history of January 6, when thousands of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol in hopes of preventing Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden鈥檚 victory. But the new site notably goes further than Trump鈥檚 past rhetoric, and gives an official White House platform to his long-debunked claims.
One overarching theme on the new site is Trump鈥檚 long-running 鈥� but completely false 鈥� claim that the 2020 election was stolen. His repeated lies about mass voter fraud were the reason why he and his supporters wanted to stop Congress from certifying the results on January 6.
White House communications director Steven Cheung suggested in an that the webpage was a 鈥渢rap鈥� to spark outrage from the media. CNN has on how the Trump administration is using the official White House website to troll its opponents.
Cherry-picked 鈥榯imeline鈥�
A cherry-picked 鈥渢imeline鈥� on the website characterizes Trump鈥檚 at the Ellipse as 鈥渄etailing evidence of election fraud,鈥� and urging the crowd to march to the Capitol to peacefully protest and show 鈥渟trength and determination.鈥� His claims of fraud were weeks before January 6, and the timeline omits the portions of Trump鈥檚 address where he twice said his supporters should 鈥渇ight like hell.鈥�
The timeline overlooks details of鈥痳ioters breaking windows to breach the Capitol and assaulting police. Instead, the timeline claims the rally that day was 鈥渙rderly and spirited, with flags, signs, and chants supporting President Trump.鈥�
The website baselessly accused the US Capitol Police of 鈥渄eliberately escalating tensions鈥� that day when throngs of Trump supporters swarmed the complex. It said officers鈥� 鈥減rovocative tactics,鈥� like firing tear gas into the crowd, 鈥渢urned a peaceful demonstration into chaos,鈥� even though there is extensive鈥�痵howing rioters attacking police first.
CNN has reached out to the US Capitol Police for comment.
Also, the White House claimed that Trump supporters who died outside the Capitol of鈥��� a heart attack and a stroke 鈥� were 鈥渒illed鈥� that day.
The website includes a disputed assertion that 鈥渮ero law enforcement officers lost their lives.鈥�
US Capitol Police Officer , died from strokes one day after being while defending the Capitol, and the DC medical examiner 鈥渁ll that transpired鈥� on January 6 influenced his death. Four who to the Capitol died of suicide in the months after the assault. (The Whtie House website also doesn鈥檛 mention that 140 other officers were that day, some requiring hospitalization, and many later from PTSD.)
Blaming Pence and Pelosi
The website champions Trump鈥檚 controversial claim that then-Vice President Mike Pence 鈥渉ad the opportunity to return disputed electoral slates to state legislatures for review and decertification,鈥� during the joint session of Congress that day, but chose not to 鈥渋n an act of cowardice and sabotage.鈥�
, legal scholars from across the , and many of Trump鈥檚 aides and advisers, including Secretary of State鈥�, have said it would be would have been blatantly unconstitutional for the then-vice president to refuse to certify the 2020 election.
Casting Pelosi, then the Democratic House speaker, as a primary villain of January 6, the White House site seized on comments she made in an HBO documentary, where she said, of security at the Capitol: 鈥淚 take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more.鈥�
鈥淭hey clearly didn鈥檛 know, and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more,鈥� Pelosi said in the clip.
That remark doesn鈥檛 prove Trump鈥檚 oft-repeated claim, which he in a speech Tuesday, that Pelosi turned down his supposed offer for an advance deployment of 10,000 National Guard troops. Pelosi has always denied having received such an offer, and the president 鈥� not the House speaker 鈥� is in charge of the DC National Guard.
鈥淛anuary 6th was not an aberration and it was not spontaneous. It was the culmination of a sustained assault on truth, on the rule of law, and one of the most sacred principles of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power,鈥濃�疨elosi said in a Tuesday, where she called January鈥�6 an 鈥渁ttempted coup鈥� incited by Trump to overturn鈥痶he 2020 election.
The White House website also cast Trump as a victim who was subsequently 鈥渟ilenced鈥� on social media platforms and debanked by financial institutions, like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
The White House argues that Trump 鈥渃orrected a historic wrong鈥� by鈥痮f those charged or convicted in the Capitol attack. On his first day in office last year, Trump pardoned nearly all 1,600 charged rioters and commuted the sentences of the leaders of right-wing extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
The site labels all of the 1,600 pardon recipients as 鈥減atriotic Americans.鈥� That group includes members of far-right militias, people convicted of beating police, alleged鈥� and others who鈥�痶o the Capitol.
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