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Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Mark Butler
Mark Butler
stated on October 17, 2010 a debate:
Darryl Hicks had seven ethics violations and didn't pay most of the fines.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2010 a speech in Madison, Wisc.:
The Republican election platform "was actually written with the help of a former lobbyist for AIG and a former lobbyist for Exxon-Mobil."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on July 22, 2010 a campaign commercial:
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 28, 2010 a campaign mailer:
"John Oxendine is under a state ethics investigation because he illegally funneled more than $120,000 to his campaign from shady insurance political action committees in Alabama."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 12, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on June 14, 2010 a campaign commerical:
John McCain "began his career in Washington as a lobbyist when he was appointed in 1976 as the Navy's liaison to the United States Senate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on June 1, 2010 an online campaign commercial :
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 1, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Says his opponent Dorman Grace brags on his Facebook page about receiving illegal campaign contributions.  
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web video:
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 14, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 8, 2010 a press release :
"(Pete) Sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 26, 2010 a press release:
"This week liberal Bill White faced an ethics complaint about more than $83,000 he failed to report to the state Ethics Commission."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 31, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 28, 2010 a debate on Fox News Sunday:
Marco Rubio controlled funds that "out of the $600,000 that were raised, only $4,000 went to candidates to try to improve their chances to be elected to office."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 29, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2010 an online ad:
Says Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "took 154 private flights all funded by taxpayers" though "commercial flights were readily available at a fraction of the cost."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2010
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on March 16, 2009 a radio interview:
In Japan, executives of failing companies "say 'I'm sorry' and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2008 a statement by Sen. Claire McCaskill in a TV ad. :
Obama "changed the rules in Washington. Gone are the free gifts from lobbyists. Gone are the fancy airplane rides for nothing."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • December 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 8, 2008 Washington, D.C.:
Barack Obama's network of small donors constitutes a "parallel public financing system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 a television ad.:
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on January 15, 2008 Las Vegas:
"I believe, Senator Clinton, you've raised more money from those people (the oil and gas industry) than any candidate, Democrat or Republican."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2007 a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.:
"I'm the only person on this stage who has worked actively just last year passing, along with Russ Feingold, some of the toughest ethics reform since Watergate."
Half-True
By Nell Benton • October 31, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 20, 2007 a television interview.:
"John Edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken PAC money or the money of Washington lobbyists. Ever." -Joe Trippi, senior campaign adviser
Half-True
By Michael Van Sickler • October 16, 2007
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