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Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview:
"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • November 16, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 6, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Joe Manchin "refused to commit to Kavanaugh until AFTER the Senate had the votes."
True
By Kristen Mohammadi • November 15, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke, Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:
"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:
"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad:
Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview:
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."  
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 in tweet:
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
False
By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 in a gubernatorial debate:
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
Top Stories USA
Top Stories USA
stated on September 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Steve West
Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 in a page on his campaign website:
"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Mostly False
By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 in an exchange with reporters:
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
Mostly True
By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
AFSCME People
AFSCME People
stated on September 5, 2018 in an ad:
Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2018
A Stronger Wisconsin
A Stronger Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
"When two judges said it was illegal to fire a teacher" who viewed pornography at school, "Tony Evers worked with Republicans and Democrats and changed the law."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2018
Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows
stated on August 31, 2018:
"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 11, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 in A campaign ad:
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 in a video:
Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018
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