Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 25, 2010 a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.
"Your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones."
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By Aaron Sharockman • October 26, 2010
Kevin Rader
Kevin Rader
stated on October 20, 2010 a TV campaign ad
Lizbeth Benacquisto "broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors."
True
By Pat Gillespie • October 24, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2010
Gail Buckner
Gail Buckner
stated on June 27, 2010 political debate
"I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required."
True
By Jim Tharpe • July 5, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 7, 2010 a campaign commercial
After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 a Web ad
"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."
True
By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008
McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 13, 2008
Campaign Money Watch
Campaign Money Watch
stated on June 9, 2008 a TV ad
"McCain got more money from Airbus' U.S. executives than any other politician."
True
July 31, 2008
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on July 24, 2008 a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.
Says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • July 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
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By Will Van Sant • June 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 a speech in Tampa, Fla.
When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' "
True
May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 Tampa, Fla.
McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
True
May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 Tampa, Fla.
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2008 an online ad.
"Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 16, 2008 an interview with the mtvU editorial board
Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."
True
March 27, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 16, 2008 an interview with the mtvU editorial board
"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee."
True
March 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 15, 2008 debate in Las Vegas
"I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 5, 2008 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
True
By John Frank • January 6, 2008
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 28, 2007 a debate in St. Petersburg
"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
True
By Janet Zink • November 29, 2007
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