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James Woods
James Woods
stated on December 10, 2023 an X post
Joe Biden’s net worth was $41 million in 2022.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 19, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 9, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on September 14, 2018 in a news conference
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is "stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book."
False
By John Kruzel • January 5, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University
"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Elections" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on September 12, 2016 a radio ad
"The head of the IRS ordered 24,000 emails erased before Congress could review them, making sure the American people will never know the real truth."
False
By Katherine Burns, Rachel Tiede • September 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 an interview with ABC News
"I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on April 2, 2015 comments from the House floor
The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.
False
By April Hunt • April 10, 2015
James Carville
James Carville
stated on March 15, 2015 a broadcast of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says "Jeb Bush has released 10 percent of his emails."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2014 posts on Facebook
"Fox admits they lie" and, under the First Amendment, "have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 10, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 15, 2014 comments on his radio show
When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation."
False
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014
H. Ford Gravitt
H. Ford Gravitt
stated on April 17, 2012 a meeting
"We don’t allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason."
False
By Eric Stirgus • April 25, 2012
Ash Williams
Ash Williams
stated on August 2, 2011 response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott
"The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 2, 2011
Samuel DeMaio
Samuel DeMaio
stated on June 9, 2011 an interview on FOX 5's "Good Day New York"
Says he can’t release his internal affairs record because there are Attorney General guidelines in place protecting it.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 30, 2011
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on October 24, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it."
False
October 26, 2010
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