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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 23, 2015 a monologue on his radio show
"Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2015
Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke
stated on April 26, 2015 a panel on ABC "This Week"
 Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 a segment on 'Morning Joe'
Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation. 
False
By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 26, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015
Peter Schweizer
Peter Schweizer
stated on April 26, 2015 his book "Clinton Cash"
"Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state."
True
By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2015
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 17, 2015 his monologue on "Real Time"
"More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 23, 2015
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on April 17, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2015
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
stated on April 9, 2015 a tweet
$29 is what "families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 22, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 14, 2015 a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"The president and vice president can't be from the same state."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 16, 2015
Addicting Information
Addicting Information
stated on April 4, 2015 an infographic on the Addicting Info website
"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2015
Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers
stated on April 12, 2015 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2015
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 12, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Says Hillary Clinton "erased all of her emails even though they were subject to recall and review by Congress."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 12, 2015
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight"
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on April 8, 2015 a broadcast the Sean Hannity radio show
"You can’t build a Christian church in Saudi Arabia."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on April 5, 2015 an appearance on Fox News Sunday
Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
US Uncut
US Uncut
stated on March 31, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "provides zero state funding for homeless shelters."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on March 31, 2015 a RedState.com column
Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2015
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on March 19, 2015 an opinion piece on CNN.com
"White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2015
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
stated on February 20, 2015 a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.
False
By Katie Sanders • April 1, 2015
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