Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on March 28, 2022 Fundraising email
“Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”
False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on April 4, 2022 a tweet
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2022 a Facebook post
“California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 6, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 a Senate judiciary committee hearing
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 22, 2022 an interview
Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."
False
March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 a Facebook post
“Just a reminder that right before Ukraine was invaded, Hillary was found to be guilty of spying on a sitting U.S. president.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 18, 2022
Michael Gableman
Michael Gableman
stated on March 7, 2022 TV interview
Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • March 15, 2022
VoteVets
VoteVets
stated on March 2, 2022 an ad
"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."
Mostly False
March 10, 2022
Greta Neubauer
Greta Neubauer
stated on February 21, 2022 Twitter
“Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.
False
By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 15, 2022 a statement to reporters
"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 News release
Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
True
By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on January 28, 2022 Twitter
"The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 19, 2022 Senate
On eliminating the filibuster.
Half Flip
By Laura Schulte • February 4, 2022
stated on January 26, 2022 an ad
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
False
January 26, 2022
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 Twitter
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
False
By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
November 23, 2021
Meagan Wolfe
Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 TV interview
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 13, 2021 a viral image
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
False
November 15, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 23, 2021 Campaign email
The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 9, 2021
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