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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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.  
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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
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By Michael Van Sickler • October 16, 2007
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