PolitiFact's ruling: Pants on Fire Here's why: A viral video of U.S. Capitol Police officers speaking with a group of rioters inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 is fueling a counter-narrative of what actually happened that day. Bloggers and social media users are describing the 44-second clip as evidence that pro-Trump rioters were given permission to enter the U.S. Capitol that day, and that the violence depicted in several other photos and videos is the work of Democrats. The video shows a man named William Watson telling the rest of the group that the police are willing to work with them peacefully. It then pivots to an officer telling them, "show us no attacking, no assault. Remain calm." Toward the end, the man who wore a fur headdress, known as the "Q Shaman," yells for everyone to be peaceful and says "we have the right to peacefully assemble."