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Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a tweet:

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2017 an interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson:

Says "the New York Times wrote about" Barack Obama wiretapping Donald Trump during the election.

By Lauren Carroll • March 16, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea. ... There are multiple news outlets that have reported" former President Barack Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump.

By Allison Graves • March 5, 2017

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."

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2017

Jesse Watters
stated on January 4, 2017 an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered":

Says John Podesta’s email password was "password."

By Lauren Carroll • January 6, 2017

Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016

Let America Work
stated on September 1, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Russ Feingold was the "only senator to vote against Homeland Security."

By Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on ABC:

"It was allowed," referring to her email practices.

By Lauren Carroll • May 31, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Glenn Grothman
stated on November 20, 2015 a radio interview:

Says "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States.

By Sarah Hauer • February 26, 2016

Lindsey Graham
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government."

By Lauren Carroll • June 4, 2015

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.

By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015

James Buchal
stated on June 16, 2014 a campaign website statement:

"The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use."

By Dana Tims • June 27, 2014

John DePetro
stated on October 21, 2013 a statement on WPRO-AM:

"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."

By John Hill • November 24, 2013

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 12, 2011 a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011:

"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."

By John Gregg • December 14, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release:

Says legislative debate of airport pat-down procedures initiated federal changes in security procedures.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2011

Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2010 a news release:

"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 31, 2010

Kendrick Meek
stated on August 15, 2010 a televised debate in Miami.:

"There’s a mosque inside of the Pentagon."

By Laura Figueroa • August 20, 2010

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