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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech :
Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 in a tweet:
Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 in a press conference in New York :
"I wanted to keep it private, because I don't think it's anybody's business if I want to send money to the vets."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post:
"Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2016
Freedom Partners Action Fund
Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 in a television ad:
"During the (housing) crisis, Catherine Cortez Masto gave a sweetheart contract worth millions to a D.C. law firm that then donated thousands to her political campaigns."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • May 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview:
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
"When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 22, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 in a fundraising email:
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 29, 2016:
Says he "started" the Pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:
Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 in an attack ad:
Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 in a debate:
"As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases."
True
By Tyler Adkisson • April 25, 2016
Great America PAC
Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in New York:
Says Bernie Sanders "has been largely a very reliable supporter of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 in the Brooklyn presidential debate:
"I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 in ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz:
Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 in a speech at Temple University:
Says Hillary Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, 'not qualified to be president.' "
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 7, 2016
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