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Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on July 25, 2018 a Facebook ad:
"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2018 a tweet:
"Collusion is not a crime."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview:
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 10, 2018 TV ad:
"Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 26, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 19, 2018 a TV ad:
"In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet:
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 11, 2018 an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers
stated on April 19, 2018 a blog post:
"California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 a tweet:
Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on January 17, 2018 a tweet:
"When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn’t need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we stand with working Wisconsinites everywhere."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 7, 2018
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on January 4, 2018 a press release:
Says Mike DeWine "interfered with and stifled" a sexual harassment investigation and then "eliminated the office that investigated harassment claims within the AG’s office."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018
Joe Berrios
Joe Berrios
stated on December 11, 2017 a campaign ad:
"(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 29, 2017
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign ad:
"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 10, 2017 a campaign statement:
Says Josh Hawley "broke his promise to create a Public Corruption Unit to crack down on the pay-to-play culture of Jefferson City."
Mostly False
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • November 24, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in a blog:
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 Press release:
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a tweet:
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on July 11, 2017 comments on 'Fox News Specialists':
"Collusion is not illegal."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2017
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