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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on January 2, 2018 her inaugural speech
"Atlanta is on its strongest financial footing in 40 years."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 a press conference with congressional leaders
When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2018
X posts
X posts
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel" for President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on January 4, 2018 a Justice Department memo
On rescinding Obama-era marijuana enforcement guidelines.
No Flip
By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2017 a speech
"We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2017
Verified Politics
Verified Politics
stated on December 13, 2017 an article posted on the website
Says Sen. Mitch McConnell's delay in seating Alabama Sen.-elect Doug Jones "is a flagrant violation of Senate policy, which requires Jones assume office the instant one of them wins the election."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2017
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on December 13, 2017 a broadcast of the "Alex Jones Show"
Says there won't be a recount in Alabama because a Democratic judge said "we're going to erase all the computer files ... on Wednesday morning."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2017
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 a campaign ad
Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 8, 2017 a fake news website
"Roy Moore’s accuser arrested and charged with falsification."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign ad
"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017
Chris Ruddy
Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017
Kayla Moore
Kayla Moore
stated on November 17, 2017 a women for Moore rally
Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2017
John Thune
John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 an interview on Fox News
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet
Says the individual mandate is "highly unpopular."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 14, 2017
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on October 31, 2017 a speech on the Senate floor
Says Roy Moore said a "practicing Muslim should not be a member of Congress because of his faith."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2017 a press conference in South Korea
Chicago is "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 7, 2017
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 3, 2017 a post on a congressional office website
"Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2017 a tweet
"Coal production up 7.8% in past year. Down 31.5% last 10 years. #endingwaroncoal."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2017
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on October 22, 2017 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"For the last 10 years, our economy has grown at less than 2 percent on average every single year for 10 years. We have not had a decade like that in a century in America."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2017 a tweet
Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2017
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