Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 13, 2019 a public forum
On whether he can release one day’s worth of emails.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • December 27, 2019
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 13, 2019 a tweet
The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year."   
True
By Mica Soellner • December 26, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on December 13, 2019 an email
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Rob Hutton
Rob Hutton
stated on December 4, 2019 a radio interview
 A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."   
True
By D.L. Davis • December 13, 2019
William Barr
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 a statement
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 a press conference
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
True
By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on November 20, 2019 Democratic primary debate in Atlanta
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 21, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View"
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2019 a Facebook post
"The Trump family was disallowed from operating any charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"Trump is now suing CNN over ‘pro-impeachment bias’ and he demands a ‘substantial payment.’"
Mostly False
October 22, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook ad
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on August 15, 2019 a radio interview
The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."  
False
By Mica Soellner • August 30, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
John Ratcliffe
John Ratcliffe
stated on July 24, 2019 a House hearing with Robert Mueller
Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2019
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 a tweet
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019
Wayne Messam
Wayne Messam
stated on May 16, 2019 campaign website
In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2019
Cindy O’Laughlin
Cindy O’Laughlin
stated on February 14, 2019 an opinion piece
"When comparing state by state, the data clearly demonstrates that over 20 other states with (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs) are still substantially worse off than Missouri in terms of curbing the effects of opioid abuse."
Half-True
By Madison Conte • May 2, 2019
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