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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 a memo
The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 10, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 a speech
The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025
Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview
“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 a Truth Social post
On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 a speech announcing tariffs
“Egg prices came down 50%”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on March 25, 2025 a video on X
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 28, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 26, 2025 TikTok videos
Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27.
Pants on Fire!
March 28, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on March 12, 2025 TV debate
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 an interview
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2025 a post
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 a Fox Nation interview
“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
False
March 19, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 17, 2025 a Truth Social post
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 a speech to Congress
"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2025
A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 Social media ads
“71 out of 72 Wisconsin counties filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma. Brad Schimel refused to join them.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • March 11, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2025 a Facebook post
Photo shows first lady Melania Trump crying.
Pants on Fire!
March 10, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 9, 2025 in social media posts
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
False
March 10, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 4, 2025 X posts
President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 5, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 24, 2025 in social media posts
Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.
False
February 26, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 an interview on CNN
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
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