Crime

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true
0% 118 Checks
mostly-true
0% 180 Checks
Half True
0% 198 Checks
mostly-false
0% 186 Checks
false
0% 366 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 155 Checks
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X posts
X posts
stated on February 12, 2026 in an X post:
Savannah Guthrie's husband’s company is listed as a "co conspirator" in the Epstein files, “in case you're wondering why now of all times for (her) mother to be 'kidnapped.'"
False
February 16, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 in an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
February 13, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."
Half-True
February 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
False
January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 in social media posts:
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
False
January 8, 2026
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
Half-True
January 8, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference:
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
False
January 7, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 in in social media posts:
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
False
December 19, 2025
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
False
December 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 in una publicación en Truth Social:
Video muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
December 4, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
December 3, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 in in a CNN interview:

"There has been an increase in hate crimes."
By Yanqi Xu • October 31, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
Mostly False
October 20, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 in una publicación en X:
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post:
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
October 15, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
False
October 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
Pants on Fire!
September 30, 2025
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on August 4, 2025 in a statement:
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
Mostly True
September 27, 2025
stated on September 6, 2025 in an X post:
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.
False
September 12, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:
A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
False
September 12, 2025
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