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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Burisma admitted in a Ukrainian court to paying Joe Biden $900,000.
False
By Michael Majchrowicz • March 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2020 an image:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci “stands to lose 100 million dollars on Bill Gates ‘vaccine’ for the coronavirus. Because he invested in this vaccine.”
False
By Daniel Funke • April 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on April 5, 2020 a post:
Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.
False
By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2019 a YouTube video:
“Nancy Pelosi’s Brother’s Company Received $737 Million from Obama’s Energy Dept!”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa:
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet:
"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2019 a phone call:
"A lot of people are talking about" the removal of a "very fair prosecutor" in Ukraine.
False
By John Kruzel • September 26, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
"In 2010, Maxine Waters steered $12 million in TARP funds to her husband’s private bank account. She was indicted but served no time."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2018 a Facebook post:
Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 8, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 13, 2019 a Facebook post:
Quotes President Donald Trump as saying, "You tell people a lie three times, they will believe anything. You tell people what they want to hear, play to their fantasies, and then you close the deal."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 11, 2018 a blog post:
"Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 28, 2018
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2018 In a tweet:
The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.
False
By Manuela Tobias • February 12, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board:
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet:
"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Diane Savino
Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 an interview on NY1:
Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee "has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades."
False
By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 a tweet:
Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on December 13, 2016 an interview with Buffalo news station WGRZ:
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.
False
By Dan Clark • December 30, 2016
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview:
Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 18, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"State Department officials actually directed contracts for the Haitian recovery after the earthquake to friends of the Clintons."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2016
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