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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, Ciara O'Rourke • 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
By Robert Farley • 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.
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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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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."
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By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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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