Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Trump wrong on Sen. Blumenthal’s CNN interview and Vietnam

By Jon Greenberg

February 9, 2017

Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

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Fake news dangles visa-free travel for Ghana/Malawi

By Jon Greenberg

February 9, 2017

Says President Donald Trump "signs a visa-free travel policy" for Ghana and Malawi.  

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Yes, ExxonMobil under Tillerson fought oil payment disclosure rule

By Jon Greenberg

February 8, 2017

Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.

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Is $135 billion enough to end global poverty? No.

By Jon Greenberg

February 7, 2017

"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."

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How much does the United States contribute to the UN?

By Jon Greenberg

February 1, 2017

"All of our taxpayers are paying roughly 22% of the U.N. budget."  

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Yes, Trump’s ‘Mexico City’ abortion policy puts global health money at risk

By Jon Greenberg

February 1, 2017

Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican…

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Pants on Fire claim that George Soros money went to Women’s March protesters

By Jon Greenberg

January 25, 2017

Say George Soros's money "went straight into the (Women’s March) protesters’ pockets."

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Trump nominee, Nikki Haley, said countries are ‘making money’ off UN peacekeeping troops

By Jon Greenberg

January 24, 2017

"Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them."  

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Trump wrongly blames press for feud with intel community

By Jon Greenberg

January 22, 2017

"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."  

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Trump wrongly says U.S. has made others rich while our wealth has ‘dissipated’

By Jon Greenberg

January 20, 2017

"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."

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No, 70% of foreign aid is not ‘stolen off the top’

By Jon Greenberg

January 17, 2017

"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."  

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Medicaid expansion drove health insurance coverage under health law, Rand Paul says

By Jon Greenberg

January 15, 2017

"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

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