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Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on June 8, 2017 an interview
"This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections."
Half-True
By Will Doran • June 20, 2017
Karl Racine
Karl Racine
stated on June 12, 2017 a press conference
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."
Mostly True
By Smitha Rajan • June 19, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on June 13, 2017 his opening statement before Jeff Session's testimony
Says the Senate Intelligence Committee has held 10 public hearings this year, "more than double that held by the committee in any recent year."
True
By Will Doran • June 14, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 6, 2017 a debate
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2017
Kimberley Strassel
Kimberley Strassel
stated on May 28, 2017 "Meet the Press" on NBC
In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on April 28, 2017 comments to the UN Security Council
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
True
By John Kruzel • May 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 24, 2017 an interview wth the Associated Press
"Back when they did NATO, there was no such thing as terrorism."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • April 25, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 31, 2017 a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State
"Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations."
False
By Aleissa Bleyl • April 24, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 an interview with Fox News
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2017 a press conference
On whether NATO is "obsolete."
Full Flop
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 an interview on ABC "This Week"
The Obama administration’s 2013 Syria proposal "had no clear objective," while Trump’s Syria strike "had a clear strategic objective."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
stated on April 7, 2017 a tweet
"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement
"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."
False
April 7, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 4, 2017 an interview on CNN
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2017
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on April 4, 2017 an episode of MSNBC's 'For the Record'
Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.  
True
By Lauren Carroll • April 5, 2017
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 a House hearing
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 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
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
stated on March 28, 2017 a House committee hearing
"There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as there are American diplomats."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2017
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