Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 11, 2026 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 an interview
“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”
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By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on October 8, 2024 Public appearance
“Milwaukee is one of the sex trafficking capitals in our country.”
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By Ricardo Torres • October 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 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 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 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 a debate
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
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By Tori Gantz • November 11, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
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By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 a debate.
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 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 an interview with ABC News
Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
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By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 an interview
Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
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By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 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.
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2020 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.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 4, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post.
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
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By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 19, 2020 news release
“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2020
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 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 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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December 2, 2019
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 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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