Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 17, 2022 an ad
"Adam Laxalt fought an investigation into the oil industry, then they funded his campaign."
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August 12, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 28, 2020 an interview
When Sen. Kelly Loeffler heard about the COVID-19 risk, she “focused on her own portfolio” and "profited from the pandemic."
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October 31, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on October 7, 2020 an ad
Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.
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October 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!”
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June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
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April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2019 a social media post
"Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection."
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January 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2018 in a tweet
"I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia."
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By John Kruzel • October 18, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio ad
Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."
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February 14, 2018
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
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November 3, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 a press conference
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."
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By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Sheri Dillon
Sheri Dillon
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower
"Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It's not an emolument." 
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2017
Sheri Gallo
Sheri Gallo
stated on November 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter
Alison Alter "has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign."
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By Nolan Hicks • December 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2016 a campaign rally
"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly
In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 24, 2016 an interview on CNN.
The Clinton Foundation "took steps that went above and beyond all legal requirements and, indeed, all standard requirements followed by every other charitable organization."
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By Linda Qiu • August 31, 2016
Freedom Partners Action Fund
Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 a television ad
"During the (housing) crisis, Catherine Cortez Masto gave a sweetheart contract worth millions to a D.C. law firm that then donated thousands to her political campaigns."
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By Riley Snyder • May 27, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 5, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
In every ethics case that has resulted in a formal sanction, "there's been an investigative subcommittee that's been established first."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 13, 2016
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