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0% 108 Checks
mostly true
0% 145 Checks
half true
0% 123 Checks
mostly false
0% 153 Checks
false
0% 243 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Legal Issues

Brandon Gill
Brandon Gill
stated on April 7, 2026 an X post:
“The Dignity Act is mass amnesty.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • April 13, 2026
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Kash Patel
Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2026 remarks to reporters:
Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2026
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on January 3, 2026 an X post:
Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Any pardon signed with an autopen is now "fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2025
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on November 6, 2025 a fundraising email:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2025 an interview:
“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 22, 2025
Dan Koh
Dan Koh
stated on October 9, 2025 remarks on CNN:
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 17, 2025 an episode of "Hannity":
There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 6, 2025 a Threads post:
The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it.
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2025 comments to reporters:
The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • July 18, 2025
Liz Oyer
Liz Oyer
stated on April 30, 2025 a TikTok post:
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on May 9, 2025 an interview:
The Immigration and Nationality Act “stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 15, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 30, 2025 a Facebook post:
“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 12, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2025 an interview:
“If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 8, 2025
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 a post on X:
"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
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Latest promises about Legal Issues

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Increase liability protections for police officers
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Commute the sentence of “Silk Road” website operator Ross Ulbricht
Trump issues pardon for Silk Road dark web marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht | January 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Pardon people convicted of crimes related to the storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Trump pardons people convicted of Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot offenses | January 21, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Restore ACA’s contraception mandate
Promise Broken: Biden proposed rules to expand contraception coverage, but none were finalized | January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally | December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Double number of immigration judges and staff
Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Prevent the White House from interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions
Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden counters yearslong distance from Justice Department prosecutions | December 3, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court | April 7, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Immediately rescind the “Muslim bans”
Joe Biden signs proclamation revoking Trump’s travel ban | January 21, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Open up libel laws
Trump failed to ‘open up our libel laws’ | January 14, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton
No special counsel was ever appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton | July 15, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Increase protections for whistleblowers
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Latest promises about Legal Issues