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James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 a ruling from the bench
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
August 1, 2017
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a tweet
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2017 an interview with the New York Times
During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech
"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."  
False
July 20, 2017
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on July 11, 2017 comments on 'Fox News Specialists'
"Collusion is not illegal."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet
Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 13, 2017 a congressional hearing
"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2017
Rafael Anchia
Rafael Anchia
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet
"How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6."
True
By Bobby Cervantes • June 14, 2017
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on June 8, 2017 in an official statement
Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.
False
By Will Doran • June 9, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 an interview on Fox News
"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).    
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"
"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 18, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2017
James Risch
James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 remarks to reporters
"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
May 9, 2017
Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
stated on April 11, 2017 a letter to WFAA-TV in Dallas
Says Texas House rules authorized by the Texas Constitution supersede the state law permitting anyone to record a public government meeting.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2017
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet
"Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017
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