Latest Fact-Checks In Transparency

Clear
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
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
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
October 12, 2010
Next