Ethics Scorecard true 0% 39 Checks mostly-true 0% 39 Checks Half True 0% 61 Checks mostly-false 0% 47 Checks false 0% 65 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 26 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Ethics Jevin Hodge stated on September 30, 2022 in a tweet: David Schweikert has “been convicted of 11 House ethics violations.” By Chad Bradley • November 4, 2022 Catherine Cortez Masto stated on June 17, 2022 in an ad: "Adam Laxalt fought an investigation into the oil industry, then they funded his campaign." August 12, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” July 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Burisma admitted in a Ukrainian court to paying Joe Biden $900,000. March 19, 2021 Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi bought $1.25 million in Tesla stock the day before Joe Biden signed an order “for all federal vehicles” to be electric. February 2, 2021 Joe Biden stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally: "I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.” By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020 Raphael Warnock stated on October 28, 2020 in an interview: When Sen. Kelly Loeffler heard about the COVID-19 risk, she “focused on her own portfolio” and "profited from the pandemic." October 31, 2020 Congressional Leadership Fund stated on October 7, 2020 in an ad: Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro. October 16, 2020 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on October 6, 2020 in an ad: When Sara Gideon “knew the truth about” sexual allegations against a state lawmaker, “she could have called for an immediate investigation, but didn’t…Gideon knew for months, using her power to cover up.” October 9, 2020 Sara Gideon stated on September 16, 2020 in an ad: Says Susan Collins “pushed for policies that benefited her husband’s lobbying business.” October 5, 2020 Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi passed a bill awarding a $9 billion contract to her husband’s company. August 26, 2020 Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!” June 18, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19. April 21, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2020 in an image: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci “stands to lose 100 million dollars on Bill Gates ‘vaccine’ for the coronavirus. Because he invested in this vaccine.” By Daniel Funke • April 15, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock. April 13, 2020 X posts stated on April 5, 2020 in a post: Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February. By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.” By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020 Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2019 in a YouTube video: “Nancy Pelosi’s Brother’s Company Received $737 Million from Obama’s Energy Dept!” By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020 Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s daughter works at the White House. Her husband works at the White House. Rudy’s son works at the White House. Barr’s son-in-law works at the White House. Barr’s daughter works at Treasury. Trump’s sons do foreign business. Trump’s daughter is getting Chinese patents and Saudi grants.” By Bill McCarthy • February 11, 2020 Rick Scott stated on January 29, 2020 in a TV ad in Iowa: "Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter. By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020 Load More Latest Articles Can Trump legally accept a $400 million plane from Qatar? What experts, Constitution say • May 13, 2025 What’s going on with Matt Gaetz’s attorney general bid and the House ethics report? By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • November 19, 2024 House Republicans’ findings about the Biden family’s foreign business practices, explained • May 16, 2023 Why doesn’t the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics? By Matthew Crowley • April 13, 2023 Boebert lacks proof for claim on Hunter Biden’s Burisma pay By Jon Greenberg • January 27, 2022 Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while. By Jon Greenberg • January 13, 2022 The Hunter Biden investigations: An update By Jon Greenberg • December 15, 2020 A ‘crook’? ‘Totally exonerated’? Misleading claims about Ga. Sen. David Perdue and his stock trades • December 4, 2020 A look behind the NY Post headline about Joe Biden and a Ukraine meeting • October 15, 2020 Examining Trump claim that Hunter Biden got $3.5 million from wife of Moscow ex-mayor By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020 The RNC featured Pompeo in Jerusalem and official White House acts. Is that legal? By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2020 Trump has pushed out 5 inspectors general since April. Here’s who they are By Bill McCarthy • May 19, 2020 Latest promises about Ethics Donald Trump Ban federal workers from taking jobs at companies they regulated Donald Trump Enact 5-year ban on White House and congressional officials from lobbying Provisions of lobbying restrictions considered underwhelming | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections Trump breaks promise to ban foreign lobbyists from raising election money | December 21, 2020 Donald Trump Place lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying for foreign government Trump revoked lifetime ban on foreign lobbying in late executive order | January 26, 2021 Barack Obama Ensure that stem cell research is conducted ethically and with vigorous oversight 2009 guidelines on embryonic stem cell research provide detailed oversight | November 30, 2012 Barack Obama No signing statements to nullify instructions from Congress After ignoring provision on notifying Congress of Guantanamo transfers, this moves to Promise Broken | June 4, 2014 Barack Obama Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees Obama signs executive order on lobbyists and gifts | January 21, 2009 Barack Obama Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations Ethics commission never got a presidential push | July 10, 2012 Latest promises about Ethics
Donald Trump Enact 5-year ban on White House and congressional officials from lobbying Provisions of lobbying restrictions considered underwhelming | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections Trump breaks promise to ban foreign lobbyists from raising election money | December 21, 2020
Donald Trump Place lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying for foreign government Trump revoked lifetime ban on foreign lobbying in late executive order | January 26, 2021
Barack Obama Ensure that stem cell research is conducted ethically and with vigorous oversight 2009 guidelines on embryonic stem cell research provide detailed oversight | November 30, 2012
Barack Obama No signing statements to nullify instructions from Congress After ignoring provision on notifying Congress of Guantanamo transfers, this moves to Promise Broken | June 4, 2014
Barack Obama Ban lobbyist gifts to executive employees Obama signs executive order on lobbyists and gifts | January 21, 2009
Barack Obama Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations Ethics commission never got a presidential push | July 10, 2012
