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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 6, 2017 a debate
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2017 a speech at the White House
"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 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
Uspoln Website
Uspoln Website
stated on May 22, 2017 an article on a fake news website
Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on May 22, 2017 an attack ad
"Bay Area liberals have given more to Jon Ossoff's campaign than people in Georgia."
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2017
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2017
DCCC
DCCC
stated on May 3, 2017 a political ad
Says "Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with NBC News
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017
Rod Blum
Rod Blum
stated on May 8, 2017 a town hall meeting with voters
"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2017
Starbucks
Starbucks
stated on May 4, 2017 a Senate hearing
"Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 8, 2017
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on May 1, 2017 a policy announcement event.
Easing school lunch regulations "is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 4, 2017
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 a discussion with the president of the World Bank
Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a panel discussion in Berlin, Germany
"The single-largest expense in  over half of American households is child care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 an interview with Fox News
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 15, 2017 a tweet
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview
"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2017
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on April 5, 2017 a web video
Says Al Jazeera, "a mouthpiece for terrorists, has been paying Jon Ossoff thousands of dollars. ... What is he hiding?"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 11, 2017 comments to reporters
Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
stated on April 7, 2017 a tweet
"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a town hall with CEOs
"I've won awards on environmental protection."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017
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