What political gain did Pence and Trump get from honouring his death with such a ceremony though? Not saying there was none, but it's not an obviously strong motive. Seems more like a simple case of someone getting the wrong story and nobody thought to doubt/verify it even at the highest levels. FWIW I'd never heard anything about it until just now (but I'm not in the US).
It was Biden/Harris. As for the exploitation of his death, search YouTube for something like 'officer killed in capitol riots.' For a company that claims to care about misinformation, they're perfectly happy having hundreds videos, full of misinformation, actively exploiting this issue to this day.
And while I have become extremely skeptical of the competence of our government and agencies, I can safely assure you they are more than competent enough to at least determine whether somebody was murdered at the Capitol on a given day, or not.
It explicitly said in the wikipedia article "The following weekend, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings, grounds, and vessels for three days".
Biden didn't assume office until the 20th.
Flags being flown at half-staff is a pretty normal event, not a rare honor. The ceremony was held on February 2nd. The picture chosen for the Wiki article entry is from that ceremony.
Perhaps, but there seems little reason to suppose had Trump/Pence still been in office the decision would have been any different. Just seems you're reading more into the story than is justified.
