Latest Fact-Checks In Crime

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stated on February 12, 2026 an X post
Savannah Guthrie's husband’s company is listed as a "co conspirator" in the Epstein files, “in case you're wondering why now of all times for (her) mother to be 'kidnapped.'"
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By Maria Briceño • February 16, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
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By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 social media posts
Viral photo shows the woman killed by an ICE agent Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
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By Maria Briceño • January 8, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 a press conference
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
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By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 in social media posts
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
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December 19, 2025
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on November 30, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
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By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
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By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
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By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 a statement to the media
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
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By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025
stated on September 6, 2025 an X post
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “bears direct responsibility” for the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Charlotte rail system.
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By Paul Specht, Will Doran • September 12, 2025
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X posts
stated on September 11, 2025 an X post
A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
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By Samantha Putterman • September 12, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 25, 2025 remarks to the media
In Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 23, 2025 an X post
An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.
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By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 11, 2025 a speech
Washington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 12, 2025
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X posts
stated on July 28, 2025 an X post
Suspect in July 28 New York City shooting “was shouting Free Palestine and wearing a Keffiyeh.”
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By Maria Briceño • July 29, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on July 27, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
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By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2025
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X posts
stated on June 30, 2025 X posts
Idaho shooting suspect Wess Roley faced criminal charges and had a no-contact order from his family.
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By Loreben Tuquero • July 1, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2025 a Facebook post
“A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.”
False
January 31, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 22, 2025 an interview
The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
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By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2025
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