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Donald Trump
stated on June 25, 2021 Statement:

Says Republican leaders “are working hard to cover up election corruption in Wisconsin.”

By Laura Schulte • July 5, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2021 a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump signed the Insurrection Act and “still is president.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 4, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post:

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet:

“Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.

By Bill McCarthy • May 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2020 a comment to reporters:

"I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law."

By Bill McCarthy • February 7, 2020

Charlie Kirk
stated on February 4, 2020 a tweet:

"Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 20, 2019 a Facebook post:

"If Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run 2 more times."

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2019 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2019

Kevin Downing
stated on March 13, 2019 remarks to reporters:

Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."

By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on March 5, 2019 remarks at the White House:

When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2019

Roger Roth
stated on December 16, 2018 an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV:

In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."

By Eric Litke • January 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on December 18, 2018 in a tweet:

Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."

By John Kruzel • December 19, 2018

Top Stories USA
stated on September 29, 2018 a Facebook post:

"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2018

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 19, 2018 in an interview:

The Trump campaign "didn’t know" that Natalia Veselnitskaya "was a representative of the Russian government. ... I don't even know if they knew she was Russian at the time."

By John Kruzel • August 20, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on July 5, 2018 a news release:

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 19, 2018 in a tweet:

"James Comey Memos just out and show clearly that there was NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION"

By John Kruzel • April 20, 2018

Bloggers
stated on February 6, 2018 a headline:

"Just in: 45 states just banned Sharia law"

By Amy Sherman • February 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 a speech near Cincinnati:

At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2018

Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 a campaign ad:

Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017

Gregg Jarrett
stated on December 6, 2017 an interview on "Hannity":

"The FBI has become America's secret police … like the old KGB."

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2017

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