Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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stated on January 25, 2026 an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures"
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2026 remarks to reporters
Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2026
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on January 3, 2026 an X post
Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2025 a Truth Social post
Any pardon signed with an autopen is now "fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2025
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on November 6, 2025 a fundraising email
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 an interview
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2025 an interview
“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 22, 2025
stated on October 9, 2025 remarks on CNN
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 17, 2025 an episode of "Hannity"
There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 6, 2025 a Threads post
The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it.
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2025 comments to reporters
The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • July 18, 2025
stated on April 30, 2025 a TikTok post
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on May 9, 2025 an interview
The Immigration and Nationality Act “stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 15, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 30, 2025 a Facebook post
“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 12, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2025 an interview
“If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 8, 2025
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 a post on X
"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on April 1, 2025 a post on X
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on March 12, 2025 TV debate
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025
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