Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Fact-check: Handel claims Obama flew $2 billion to Iran, admitted it is being used to fund terrorism

June 7, 2017

"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support…

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Donald Trump wrong on Paris accord, China and coal plants

June 5, 2017

"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."

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Fox News host wrong that no law forbids Russia-Trump collusion

May 31, 2017

"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).    

Fake news: Pat Robertson did NOT say gays should wear specially-colored clothes

May 31, 2017

Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."

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GOP attack ad twists Ossoff donation sources in Georgia race

May 26, 2017

"Bay Area liberals have given more to Jon Ossoff's campaign than people in Georgia."

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Mostly False: Democrat says Paul Manafort visited Moscow during campaign

May 19, 2017

"You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others."

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In Georgia, Dem attack on GOP’s Handel falls wide of the mark

May 17, 2017

Says "Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent."  

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim Russia story ‘made-up’ by Democrats

May 12, 2017

"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've…

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In Iowa, GOP’s Blum off target on AHCA impact

May 11, 2017

"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.

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No, coffee is not the second-most traded commodity after oil

May 8, 2017

"Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil."

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Sonny Perdue changes school lunch rules, but says Obama standards for milk, grains remain

May 4, 2017

Easing school lunch regulations "is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever."

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Matt Damon: Poor often pay 25% of their income on water

May 1, 2017

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

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