Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech
"According to a recent study from the University of California Riverside, (sanctuary) cities with these policies have more violent crime on average than those that don’t."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 24, 2017
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on July 13, 2017 an NBC interview
Says "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day Trump's son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.
False
By John Kruzel • July 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 7, 2017 a tweet
Says John Podesta "refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 6, 2017 a press conference in Poland
Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2017 an immigration roundtable discussion
"We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 30, 2017
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 8, 2017 in a tweet
The Trump administration has granted amnesty to "nearly 100,000 'Dreamers' "
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 8, 2017 a debate
Says Iran has "violated the terms of the (nuclear) deal."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • June 14, 2017
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on June 8, 2017 in an official statement
Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.
False
By Will Doran • June 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2017 a tweet
"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ "
False
By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2017
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 31, 2017 a campaign ad
"ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2017
John Kelly
John Kelly
stated on May 28, 2017 a Fox News interview
"Many of the countries in question (in Trump’s travel ban) don't even have a U.S. embassy there to help us vet."
True
By Miriam Valverde • May 31, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 21, 2017 an episode of "Fox and Friends"
Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • May 23, 2017
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"
"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on May 12, 2017 a Fox News interview
"Some of the safest communities in the United States are along the border."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • May 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 12, 2017 Twitter
Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings.
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with NBC News
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 28, 2017 remarks to law enforcement officers in New York
District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview on CBS
"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."
True
By Lauren Carroll • May 2, 2017
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on April 24, 2017 a news article
The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."
True
By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's This Week
Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 27, 2017
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