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stated on July 8, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Jeffrey Epstein smirking as Donald Trump inappropriately touches a young girl.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 10, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2019
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stated on June 4, 2019 a Facebook post:
A Florida millionaire was arrested after admitting to burying more than 700 bodies on his property.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2019 remarks to reporters on the White House South Lawn.:
Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2019
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stated on April 18, 2016 a Facebook post:
A retired U.S. Army sergeant faces life in prison for killing two Syrian refugees after discovering they raped his teenage daughter.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 19, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on June 5, 2019 a tweet:
"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2019 a campaign event:
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet:
Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 20, 2019 an interview on MSNBC:
On the need for independent investigations of police shootings 
Full Flop
By Chris Nichols • May 23, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2019 a Facebook post:
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."
Half-True
By Cade Moisey, Davis Versprille, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • May 17, 2019
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 23, 2019 an interview:
Russia’s interference in the 2016 election amounted to "a couple of Facebook ads."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • April 24, 2019
William Barr
William Barr
stated on April 18, 2019 a press conference:
"The White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation."
False
By John Kruzel • April 22, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 a CNN town hall in South Carolina:
Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 a resolution:
"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019
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stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 posts online:
ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
False
By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 a TV interview:
''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 a news conference:
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 24, 2019 a podcast:
Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.
False
By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2019
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