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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 11, 2017 media comments
Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • April 12, 2017
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on February 20, 2017 a campaign appearance
"I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2017
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 25, 2017 a segment on ABC's 'The View'
Says Barack Obama "didn’t do executive orders in the beginning." 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • January 26, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 21, 2017 a press conference
"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 14, 2017 an interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press'
The inauguration of Donald Trump "will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference
Americans don't "care at all" about Donald Trump's tax returns.
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017
Dawnna Dukes
Dawnna Dukes
stated on January 10, 2017 the Texas House
On resigning her Texas House seat.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017
NewsExaminer.net
NewsExaminer.net
stated on December 23, 2016 a website
"Secret Service Agent Says Obama Is Muslim & Gay In New Tell-All Book"
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2016
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview
Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.  
False
November 18, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 9, 2016 a web post and email blast
"I was the first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 11, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on August 10, 2016 a campaign ad
Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 12, 2016 a YouTube video
Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 a campaign ad
"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on September 13, 2016 a campaign ad
Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.
Half-True
By Anna Maples • November 6, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 an ad
Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."  
True
November 4, 2016
Conservative Daily Post
Conservative Daily Post
stated on November 1, 2016 a posting on the Internet
"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 4, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters
"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • November 3, 2016
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 14, 2016 a radio ad
Says Russ Feingold "formed his own political group to pay himself and his staff millions."  
Half-True
By Eric Litke • November 3, 2016
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 a political mailer
"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016
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