Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2017 an interview with the New York Times

During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech

"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."

July 20, 2017

Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet

Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."

By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017

North Carolina Republican Party
stated on June 8, 2017 in an official statement

Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.

By Will Doran • June 9, 2017

Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 an interview on Fox News

"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017

Howard Dean
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet

"Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."

By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017

Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 11, 2017 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'

A United Airlines passenger forcibly removed from an airplane "was in his seat, he has every right to stay there."

By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement

"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."

April 7, 2017

USA Snich
stated on December 11, 2016 a web post

"Putin Interference Could Give Courts Legal Right to Make Hillary President."

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2016

Realtime Politics
stated on December 11, 2016

"Democrats Filing TREASON Charges Against Trump, McConnell, Giuliani, & Comey."

By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2016

X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets

In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.

December 7, 2016

Chris Sununu
stated on October 6, 2016 a No Labels forum

Says drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution.

By Ella Nilsen • October 28, 2016

Scott Jones
stated on August 22, 2016 a radio interview

Says allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on a female sheriff’s deputy "were found by two separate judges to not have merit."

By Chris Nichols • October 17, 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

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 a posting on various websites

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 a speech

"Just look at what the FBI director said about her (Hillary Clinton) — her misconduct is a disgrace and embarrassment to our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

Jack Graham
stated on April 5, 2016 a debate

"It’s clear" that Hillary Clinton "violated national security laws."

By Alan Gathright • April 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN

Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

March 25, 2016

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