Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Obama says Republicans tried to ‘purge’ black Democrats from voter rolls in North Carolina

November 7, 2016
The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic."
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Gingrich: Hillary Clinton broke law with foreign Clinton Foundation donations

November 6, 2016
"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has…
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Trump says Twitter, Google, Facebook buried Clinton emails story

November 2, 2016
"Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton. Very dishonest media!" 
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Trump said he would require schools to allow guns, Clinton says

November 1, 2016
Says of Donald Trump, "He even said, on his very first day in office, he would require every school in America to let people carry…
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Clinton wrongly says FBI director sent letter about emails ‘only’ to Republicans

October 30, 2016
Says FBI Director James Comey’s letter about new developments in the investigation into her emails "only" went "to Republican members of the House."
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Clinton: Undocumented workers pay more than Trump in federal income taxes

October 27, 2016
"One-half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, which means they are paying more federal income taxes than Donald Trump pays."
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Is Trump the first-ever candidate not to say he’ll accept election results?

October 25, 2016
Says Donald Trump is "the first person running for president, Republican or Democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this…
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Trump says Russia has added nuclear warheads, while US hasn’t

October 20, 2016
Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't."
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Trump wrongly says $6 billion went missing at State Department under Clinton

October 20, 2016
When Hillary Clinton "ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing. How do you miss $6 billion? You ran the State Department, $6 billion was…
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Hillary Clinton blames high-up Russians for WikiLeaks releases

October 20, 2016
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the…
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Clinton twists Trump’s words on rescuing the auto industry during recession

October 18, 2016
"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of  jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter…
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Pence wrongly says more than half of Hillary Clinton’s meetings went to foundation donors

October 16, 2016
"We know that more than half of Hillary Clinton's meetings while she was secretary of state were given to major contributors to the Clinton Foundation."…
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