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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 in una entrevista:
“No están recibiendo el entrenamiento tradicional de cinco meses… .El entrenamiento para los agentes de ICE ahora es de 47 días”.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 15, 2026
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 in an interview:
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on October 8, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Milwaukee is one of the sex trafficking capitals in our country.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • October 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 in a 2024 campaign ad:
Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”
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By Grace Abels • October 18, 2024
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”
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By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024
Linda Rosenthal
Linda Rosenthal
stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article:
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • February 21, 2024
Julie Gunnigle
Julie Gunnigle
stated on September 15, 2022 in a debate:
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
Mostly True
By Tori Gantz • November 11, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 in News release:
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 in a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 in a debate.:
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet:
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News:
Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:
Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
Mostly True
By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview:
Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 4, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post.:
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 19, 2020 in news release:
“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2020
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 in a Tweet:
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 in a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2019
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 in a public forum:
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019
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