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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 25, 2020 a blog post
“Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”
Pants on Fire!
February 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 25, 2020 a blog post
Says a Michigan funeral home employee was “cremated by mistake while taking a nap.”
Pants on Fire!
February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure.”
Mostly False
February 25, 2020
Joe Sanfelippo
Joe Sanfelippo
stated on February 13, 2020 the GOP weekly radio address
“Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 19, 2020 a Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas
“When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • February 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Nancy Pelosi was arrested after ripping a copy of the State of the Union speech.
Pants on Fire!
February 19, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 14, 2020 a blog post
Says Patrick Mahomes said, “I believe George Zimmerman is innocent.”
False
February 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2020 a Facebook post
"Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense."  
Pants on Fire!
January 29, 2020
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stated on December 18, 2019 a Facebook post
"Texas man admits kidnapping 79 people."
Pants on Fire!
January 28, 2020
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stated on January 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton."  
Pants on Fire!
January 27, 2020
Paul Maner
Paul Maner
stated on January 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."
Pants on Fire!
January 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."
False
January 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 a Facebook post
"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
False
January 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2019 a Facebook post
There have been 317 criminal indictments under three recent Republican presidents and only three indictments under three recent Democratic presidents.  
Half-True
January 9, 2020
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on December 9, 2019 a speech.
U.S. and Virginia murders are "usually gangbangers killing gangbangers."   
False
By Warren Fiske • January 9, 2020
Jeff Jensen
Jeff Jensen
stated on November 20, 2019 an interview with St. Louis Public Radio
"It’s nothing I do, but the probation office here in the Eastern District of Missouri is the best in the country. They have about a 7.5% recidivism rate, compared to national averages of 70 or 80%"
Half-True
By Libby Stanford • December 31, 2019
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 a Tweet
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 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
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
Paul Gigot
Paul Gigot
stated on December 7, 2019 an interview
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."  
Half-True
December 12, 2019
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