Claim: The last man to attack the US Capitol, prior to the events on 6 January 2021, was a British Army Major General from Northern Ireland, in 1814.
Fact-check: Was British Army General Robert Ross the last man to attack the US Capitol? - FactCheckNI
Verdict: inaccurate. since the burning of the us capitol in august 1814, during the war of 1812, there have been four notable further attacks before this year's incident: erich muenter exploded three sticks of dynamite in the us senate reception room ; puerto rican nationalists opened fire from the us house of representatives visitors' gallery ; the weather underground group exploded a bomb ; and seven people were arrested for causing an explosion in the us senate .
Organisation: FactCheckNI
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Date published: 2021-01-12T00:00:00