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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN
Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad
Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."  
Mostly True
March 31, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview
Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."
Mostly True
March 30, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview
Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."
False
March 25, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2016 an a television ad
"Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 24, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 14, 2016 comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio
"You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ "
False
By Nadia Pflaum • March 17, 2016
Bill McCoshen
Bill McCoshen
stated on March 11, 2016 a talk show
Says when Bernie Sanders was in college, Sanders said "something very similar" to what conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that "women have a legitimate role in date rape."
Half-True
March 17, 2016
Culinary Workers Union
Culinary Workers Union
stated on March 9, 2016 a letter sent to union members
Susie Lee and her husband "own 17 homes across the country and use their private jet to take vacations," and invest in "companies like Walmart, Halliburton and GEO Group."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • March 14, 2016
stated on March 7, 2016 a radio ad
"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."  
Half-True
March 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a campaign ad
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 29, 2016 a Conservative Solutions PAC ad, first aired on Feb. 29
"Trump refuses to denounce the KKK."
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 10, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.
Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a speech in Concord, N.C.
"NASCAR endorsed Trump"
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2016
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
On Donald Trump's track record in business
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on CNN's State of the Union
"I don't know anything about David Duke."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016
Marina Dimitrijevic
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."
False
By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2016
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