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Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"I was gone" when there was a red line against Syria.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 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."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 vice presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "never said that" more nations should get nuclear weapons.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2016
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 the presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Says "no, you’re wrong," responding to the assertion that stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 9, 2016 a television ad
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 a Hillary for America television ad
"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 6, 2016 a rally in Tampa
"That's legal: If you find out about somebody else's salary even if you're doing exactly the same job, you can be retaliated against, including being fired, in most places."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
"I was totally against the war in Iraq." 
False
By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show"
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2016 remarks in Reno
"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2016 remarks in Michigan
The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • August 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 17, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland
"I am the only candidate who ran in either the Democratic or the Republican primary who said from the very beginning (that) I will not raise taxes on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll, Warren Fiske • August 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa.
Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 1, 2016
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