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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017
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Viral image
stated on August 9, 2017 a Twitter post
"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on July 15, 2017 a broadcast of the "Greg Gutfeld Show"
Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 9, 2017 an interview
"It's an absolute fact" that China and North Korea "have consistently over many, many years" meddled in U.S. elections.  
False
July 13, 2017
Kimberley Strassel
Kimberley Strassel
stated on May 28, 2017 "Meet the Press" on NBC
In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 31, 2017 a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State
"Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations."
False
By Aleissa Bleyl • April 24, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 an interview on ABC "This Week"
The Obama administration’s 2013 Syria proposal "had no clear objective," while Trump’s Syria strike "had a clear strategic objective."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement
"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."
False
April 7, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 4, 2017 an interview on CNN
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 a post on Twitter
"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
False
By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 2, 2017 a tweet
"I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2017 a campaign rally
"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."
False
By Allison Graves • February 19, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with "CBS This Morning"
"Here's the fact: The No. 1 source of income into Mexico are Mexicans working here and sending the money back."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with CBN
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 remarks at the CIA
"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing
"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
False
January 11, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on December 11, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"There's been no conclusive or specific report to say" Russia was trying to muddy the election.
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016
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