Crime

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0% 180 Checks
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0% 198 Checks
mostly false
0% 186 Checks
false
0% 366 Checks
Pants on Fire
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X posts
X posts
stated on February 12, 2026 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
By Maria Briceño • February 16, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 an interview on NBC
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 remarks in the Oval Office
"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 social media posts
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 8, 2026
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on December 29, 2025 an X post
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 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
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 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 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 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!
By Maria Briceño • December 4, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 a Truth Social post
Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • December 3, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 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 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
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 a statement to the media
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 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!
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2025
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on August 4, 2025 a statement
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 27, 2025
stated on September 6, 2025 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
By Paul Specht, Will Doran • September 12, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2025 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
By Samantha Putterman • September 12, 2025
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