Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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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.
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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
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!”
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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
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.  
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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
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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