Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Trump falsely tries to pin birtherism on Clinton insiders

By Jon Greenberg

September 27, 2016

Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."  

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Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump rooted for the housing crisis

By Jon Greenberg

September 27, 2016

Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse…

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Conservative website wrongly ties Clinton Foundation to bad HIV/AIDS drugs

By Jon Greenberg

September 23, 2016

"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claim Hillary Clinton started Obama birther movement

By Jon Greenberg , Linda Qiu

September 16, 2016

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."

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Old stat on girls, schooling and infant mortality falls short

By Jon Greenberg

September 15, 2016

"One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent."

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Wolfowitz wrongly says Germany, France thought Iraq had WMD

By Allison Graves , Jon Greenberg

September 13, 2016

"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."  

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Hillary Clinton says Trump supported intervention in Libya

By Jon Greenberg

September 8, 2016

Says Donald Trump is "on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya."

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Trump repeats wrong claim that he opposed Iraq War

By Jon Greenberg , Lauren Carroll

September 8, 2016

"I was totally against the war in Iraq." 

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Bill Clinton: Hillary tripled AIDS treatment without spending more

By Jon Greenberg

August 10, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

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Pro-Trump super PAC ad misleads on Clintons’ wealth, foundation cash link

By Jon Greenberg

August 7, 2016

Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."

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Paul Ryan blames Dems for Zika stalemate, omits key detail

By Jon Greenberg

August 4, 2016

After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."

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Do trade deals threaten India as low-cost HIV drug maker?

By Jon Greenberg

August 3, 2016

Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.

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