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Rex Tillerson
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing:

"I have never lobbied against sanctions personally... to my knowledge, Exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2017

The Other 98%
stated on January 9, 2017 a viral image:

"The same 3 senators who have spent the last 3 years s------- themselves over ‘Benghazi!’ just introduced a bill to reduce embassy security by 50 percent."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower:

The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • January 11, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview:

Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."

False

By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 4, 2017 a blog post:

Says Donald Trump warned outgoing Ghana President against last-minute job appointments.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2017 a statement released by the transition office:

Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2017

Brahma Chellaney
stated on December 28, 2016 a website op-ed:

"Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 an interview:

"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech:

America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2016

Freedom Daily
stated on December 9, 2016 a headline:

"Obama-Led U.N. Has Just Made It Official, U.S. To Immediately Pay Blacks 'Reparations'."

Pants on Fire!

By Joshua Gillin • December 15, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on December 11, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There's been no conclusive or specific report to say" Russia was trying to muddy the election.

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Rand Paul
stated on November 15, 2016 a column on rare.us:

Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."

True

By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2016

John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs:

"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."

True

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:

Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.

False

By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2016 a rally in Florida:

Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."

True

By Miriam Valverde • October 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 a presidential debate:

"ISIS is in 32 countries."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2016

Kellyanne Conway
stated on October 23, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton takes "tens of millions of dollars from countries that hate women, that disrespect women, that throw gays off of buildings."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • October 23, 2016

Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin:

"We’re already bombing seven countries."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016

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