Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2018 a tweet
The Mueller investigation is "soon to be $20,000,000."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2018 a tweet
Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."  
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March 14, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 a briefing with reporters
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
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February 26, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio ad
Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."
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February 14, 2018
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on February 2, 2018 a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee
Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "
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By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."  
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February 2, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on January 10, 2018 a campaign appearance
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."  
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January 19, 2018
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
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By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on November 15, 2017 an online popup ad
Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights."
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November 22, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
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November 3, 2017
Derrick Johnson
Derrick Johnson
stated on August 2, 2017 a travel advisory
"African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 18, 2017
William Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay
stated on August 18, 2017 an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • September 15, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 13, 2017 a congressional hearing
"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 22, 2017 a CNN-sponsored debate
"If you're in Texas, you have got to drive 120 miles to get an ID."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2017
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 a video
"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."  
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November 9, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly
In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate
"You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016
ActionAid UK
ActionAid UK
stated on April 7, 2016 a website post
"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 a CNN interview
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 8, 2016
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