Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Lt. Gov. Cagle says Georgia is No. 1 state for business. Is it?

By Lauren Carroll , Louis Jacobson

July 19, 2017

Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."

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Donald Trump says Barack Obama ‘did nothing’ about Russia prior to Election Day

By Lauren Carroll

July 10, 2017

Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."

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CBO counted 7 million people who ‘don’t exist,’ says White House legislative director

By Lauren Carroll

July 5, 2017

7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."  

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Jeff Sessions cites ‘longstanding policy’ to deflect senators’ questions in Russia hearing

By Lauren Carroll

June 14, 2017

"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the…

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Did Obama seek back-channel talks with Iran during his 2008 campaign?

By Lauren Carroll

June 2, 2017

In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that…

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Blogs fabricate Marco Rubio quote about putting rape victims in jail for considering abortion

By Lauren Carroll

June 1, 2017

"Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ "

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The baseless claim that slain DNC staffer Seth Rich gave emails to WikiLeaks

By Lauren Carroll

May 23, 2017

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ...…

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Rush Limbaugh says like Donald Trump, Barack Obama also meddled in an FBI investigation

By Lauren Carroll

May 18, 2017

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known…

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GOP health care bill ‘yanks tax credits away from veterans,’ Sen. Blumenthal says

By Lauren Carroll

May 15, 2017

"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."

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Headlines that say GOP bill makes sexual assault a pre-existing condition are misleading

By Lauren Carroll

May 5, 2017

Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.

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Ivanka Trump, in new book, says women are primary earners in 40% of households

By Lauren Carroll

May 3, 2017

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

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Donald Trump says Michael Flynn got security clearance from Obama administration

By Lauren Carroll

May 2, 2017

"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."

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