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Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on January 9, 2019 a TV ad:
Says she "made sure Laquan McDonald’s autopsy went public" and "called for the dash cam footage to be released."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 15, 2019
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate:
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
Scot Ross
Scot Ross
stated on November 3, 2017 an interview:
"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 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."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 13, 2017 a congressional hearing:
"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 an address to education leaders:
Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."
Half-True
By Will Doran • February 2, 2017
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate:
"You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 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."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:
"I have now put out all of my emails."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2016
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2015 TV interview:
"She [Hillary Clinton] has also said unequivocally that she didn't receive classified documents."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 13, 2015
Tyrone Brooks
Tyrone Brooks
stated on January 20, 2015 a statement:
State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2014 the White House Summit on Working Families:
"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Molly O'Connor • June 24, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 13, 2014 his campaign website:
"Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2014
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
William Perry
William Perry
stated on March 20, 2013 newspaper column:
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 1, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on April 25, 2012 a press release:
The recent process of awarding $3 billion worth of airport vending contracts was the "most open and transparent procurement process in the city’s history."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • May 21, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 18, 2012 a candidates forum:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn't make his calendar public -- "he's on our dime and we don't know where he is."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"In campaigns in the past with Sen. McCain and President George W. Bush and others, they have tended to release tax records in April."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 18, 2012
George Will
George Will
stated on October 10, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
Just like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "the AFL-CIO receives dues from foreign entities associated with it."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 12, 2010
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