Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2023 a speech
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
Mostly True
By Grace Abels, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 16, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 9, 2023 an Instagram post
“They are trying to throw Trump in jail for the rest of his life for having a couple dozen documents that he had authority to declassify.”
False
By Sara Swann • June 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 8, 2023 a post
Trump "hasn't been 'indicted.' It's all part of the Operation.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • June 13, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on June 9, 2023 a tweet
Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 12, 2023
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 13, 2023 Radio interview
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Half Flip
By Vanessa Swales • June 1, 2023
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on May 10, 2023 a Facebook post
New Washington state law allows “government to take away minors from parents if they refuse to agree to gender-transition surgery.”
False
May 17, 2023
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 remarks on CNN's "State of the Union"
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 Public statement
Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 30, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • May 4, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on April 18, 2023 a Tweet
Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.”
Mostly True
By Grace Abels • April 20, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 a tweet
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton
stated on April 4, 2023 a segment on Fox Business
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2023 a Facebook post
“Trump just shared a bombshell letter from Stormy Daniels debunking DA Bragg's case.”
False
March 27, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 TV ad
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 News release
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 remarks on ABC's "The View"
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
Walgreens
Walgreens
stated on March 6, 2023 a statement
Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on January 3, 2023 TV interview
"Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."
True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2023
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on November 15, 2022 Twitter
In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
True
By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2022 a Truth Social post
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2022
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