Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Howard Marklein
Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release
Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 28, 2020 an MSNBC interview
“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post
The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on June 16, 2020 a tweet
Says as a state lawmaker a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • June 26, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 17, 2020 social media posts
“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos • April 9, 2020
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 3, 2020 campaign email
Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2020
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 8, 2020 a TV interview
Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 27, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 a debate
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 11, 2018 a Facebook post
"Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks."
Mostly False
February 11, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 a statement
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"Trump is now suing CNN over ‘pro-impeachment bias’ and he demands a ‘substantial payment.’"
Mostly False
October 22, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook ad
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Wayne Messam
Wayne Messam
stated on May 16, 2019 campaign website
In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2019
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 16, 2018 a tweet
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 29, 2018
Steve West
Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 a page on his campaign website
"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Mostly False
By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 12, 2018 a video
"We need an ID" to "buy a beer."  
Mostly False
August 22, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 a speech
"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2018
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