Latest Fact-Checks In Ethics

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 a news release
"Congressman Renacci is under FBI investigation."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 21, 2012
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC
stated on May 24, 2012 a PAC website.
Says Jeff Wentworth, bending the rules, "has used $211,743.96 in campaign contributions to lease luxury cars."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 11, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says "I never billed a single hour of my time to the City of Portland in the last 10 years -- so, no revolving door."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Josh McKoon
Josh McKoon
stated on April 3, 2012 a press conference
Georgia is one of three states that "effectively have no regulations whatsoever on lobbyists giving to legislators."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2012
New Jersey Republican State Committee
New Jersey Republican State Committee
stated on March 19, 2012 a tweet
"And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 2, 2012
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign press release
Says David Rivera "allowed House Republican leaders to strip key provisions from the STOCK Act" that would crack down on insider trading by members of Congress.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2012
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign press release
Says David Rivera "received a $5,000 campaign contribution from Congressman Spencer Bachus, who is currently under House Ethics investigation for insider trading."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2012
Joel Kleefisch
Joel Kleefisch
stated on February 22, 2012 a television interview
The Wisconsin state Assembly chambers extend to the bathroom and the parlor, and rules allow members to vote for each other if the member is in the chambers.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 15, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview
Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • February 20, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a television ad
Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
William Perry
William Perry
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview
"Eleven states have enacted these pay-to-play reforms."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign ad
Says PolitiFact has said he "kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 3, 2012 a meeting
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a debate in Iowa
"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by "a very partisan political committee" in a way that "related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Jim McGreevey
Jim McGreevey
stated on October 10, 2011 a radio interview
"After I had resigned or announced my resignation, I abolished -- I prohibited pay-to-play for people that had county or state contracts."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 30, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on September 26, 2011 an NJToday interview
Says Gov. Chris Christie has "now come up with a new agenda" for ethics reform in September 2011.  
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 3, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 an interview
"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."
True
By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011
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