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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 a 2024 campaign ad:
Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”
Mostly True
By Grace Abels • October 18, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 18, 2024 a TikTok video:
“Attorney General Merrick Garland just vetoed charging Ryan Routh with attempted assassination” of Donald Trump.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 14, 2024 a post on Threads:
Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
False
By Ranjan Jindal • July 16, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 30, 2024 Instagram post:
Video shows a crowd celebrating former President Donald Trump’s conviction.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 3, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2024 posts on X:
Photo shows the judges who will hear the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on May 28, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News:
Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 a Facebook post:
Hacker Hamza Bendelladj was executed.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 22, 2024 a Threads post:
“Judge Merchan says Trump will be arrested if he misses any day of the trial, even for Barron’s graduation.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 17, 2024 a post on Facebook:
Hunter Biden, “BLM rioters” and “COVID criminals” have “0 indictments”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 24, 2024
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on March 30, 2024 a post on X:
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 7, 2024 Public appearance:
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
True
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2024
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on February 25, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 11, 2024 TV interview:
“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”
True
By Sophia Voight • March 6, 2024
Linda Rosenthal
Linda Rosenthal
stated on February 6, 2024 a quote in a news article:
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • February 21, 2024
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on February 1, 2024 Public appearance:
Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 14, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 5, 2024 a TikTok video:
Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 5, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 4, 2024 una publicación en TikTok:
"El papa Juan Pablo II aparece varias veces en los vuelos hacia la isla Epstein".
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • January 11, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on January 3, 2024 an X post:
Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • January 4, 2024
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 a social media post:
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
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