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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 4, 2019 posts on the Internet
"Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"
False
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 6, 2020 on social media
"A bounty of $80 MILLION has been placed on President Donald Trump’s head by Iran as tensions between the country and the USA rise."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2020
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 6, 2020 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Says the Democratic leadership and presidential candidates "are mourning the loss of (Qassem) Soleimani"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 3, 2020 a brief interview
Says he did not tell former President Barack Obama "don’t go" after Osama bin Laden
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2020 a Facebook post
"Hillary ignored multiple requests for security, didn’t respond for 13 hours, & let 4 Americans die in Benghazi. Trump rushed in reinforcements, threatened to destroy Iran, & made sure no lives were lost in Baghdad."  
Mostly False
January 6, 2020
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 an interview with MSNBC
Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
True
By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows
stated on November 15, 2019 a tweet
Says "President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election."
Mostly False
By Julianna Rennie • November 21, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 a tweet
"Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine. 
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2019
William Taylor
William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
Mostly True
November 14, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2019 a Facebook post
The United States paid for a 274-mile wall between Jordan and Syria, "approved by the Dems in the house and senate," in order "to keep ISIS out."  
Mostly False
November 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2019 a press conference
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • October 28, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 a tweet
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk
stated on October 20, 2019 an MSNBC appearance
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters
"The Kurds are much safer right now."
False
October 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2019 an ad
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2019 a tweet
"The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2019
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on September 29, 2019 a tweet
"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet
"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2019 a phone call
"A lot of people are talking about" the removal of a "very fair prosecutor" in Ukraine.
False
By John Kruzel • September 26, 2019
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