Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

True

By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet

"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"

False

By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017

Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas

"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."

Half-True

By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017

Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 an interview on NY1

Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee "has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades."

False

By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2017 Fox & Friends

"I can say that the people that have been hired (for the independent Russia investigation) are all Hillary Clinton supporters, some of them worked for Hillary Clinton."

Mostly False

By Manuela Tobias • June 26, 2017

Karl Racine
stated on June 12, 2017 a press conference

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."

Mostly True

By Smitha Rajan • June 19, 2017

Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org

"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview

"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."

Mostly True

March 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 a tweet

Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on January 27, 2017 a tweet

Says Rex "Tillerson won't divest from Exxon."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • January 27, 2017

Sheri Dillon
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower

"Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It's not an emolument."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2017

Dawnna Dukes
stated on January 10, 2017 the Texas House

On resigning her Texas House seat.

Full Flop

By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2017

Cory Booker
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview on 'Face the Nation'

"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on December 13, 2016 an interview with Buffalo news station WGRZ

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.

False

By Dan Clark • December 30, 2016

Sheri Gallo
stated on November 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter

Alison Alter "has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign."

Half-True

By Nolan Hicks • December 8, 2016

Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview

Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.

False

November 18, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 13, 2016 CNN's "State of the Union"

Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."

True

By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2016

Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a debate

Says Richard Burr "was one of only three senators who voted against a ban on insider trading for members of Congress. And he called that vote brave."

True

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2016 a campaign rally

"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2016

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."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016

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