Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 in a tweet:

"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"

By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2017 in 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 in a speech:

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

By Tom Kertscher • July 20, 2017

Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 in 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 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 in 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 in a tweet:

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

By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017

Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 11, 2017 in 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 in a statement:

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

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017

USA Snich
stated on December 11, 2016 in 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 in tweets:

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

By Tom Kertscher • December 7, 2016

Chris Sununu
stated on October 6, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

Stand up for the facts!

I would like to contribute

Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues