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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 News release:
"Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers "
False
By D.L. Davis • September 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 17, 2022 a post:
“Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer became a federal judge” and “was the person to sign off on the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 26, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2022 a video:
“Trump lawyers all quit on him at the same time.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2022 a Facebook post:
Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 a Facebook post:
"Documents prove White House behind entire FBI targeting of Trump. Biden lied."
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 31, 2022
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 24, 2022 a campaign ad:
Charlie Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."
False
By Yacob Reyes • August 26, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 a campaign ad:
Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on July 10, 2022 an interview with Breitbart:
“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”
False
By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on June 10, 2022 in a TV segment:
“Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 13, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 30, 2022 Public statement:
Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”
False
By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022
Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
stated on April 21, 2022 an ad:
Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 25, 2022 a Facebook post:
“The same system that kept you in the dark about Ghislaine Maxwell…doesn’t mind live-streaming Johnny Depp’s trial.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2022
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 22, 2022 a tweet:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2022 a Facebook post:
"Ivanka Trump charged with major crime.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 17, 2022
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on February 14, 2022 a TV segment:
“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 17, 2022
Jonathon Moseley
Jonathon Moseley
stated on February 1, 2022 a TV segment:
“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 4, 2022
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on January 4, 2022 a Fox News appearance:
Recently released Jan. 6 footage shows "these cops using massive amounts of force against unarmed Trump supporters, including women."
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2022
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Viral image
stated on November 13, 2021 a viral image:
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 a documentary film:
Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2021
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
stated on October 21, 2021 a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee:
We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2021
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