John Kruzel
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John Kruzel is a staff writer at PolitiFact. He previously covered politics at ABC News, where he received an Emmy nomination for his work on 2016 presidential debates. He has written about politics, law and national security, and contributed to numerous outlets, including Slate and The New Yorker. He is a former attorney.
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Latest Fact-Checks by John Kruzel
- Donald Trump’s boasts about former Ukrainian prosecutor’s fairness ring false September 26, 2019
- Don’t be duped by bogus audit of charitable groups September 17, 2019
- Donald Trump exaggerates US energy independence September 13, 2019
- It’s true: millions in dark money has been spent to tilt courts right September 11, 2019
- Andrew Yang revives debunked claim about Green New Deal killing air travel September 6, 2019
- Is Trump’s trade war to blame for the Amazon wildfires? That’s a reach September 6, 2019
- Bernie Sanders is right that South Carolina spends more on prisons than schools August 27, 2019
- The Trump administration is using DNA tests to crack down on “fake families” at the border August 26, 2019
- Donald Trump wrong on Google manipulating election results August 19, 2019
- Donald Trump’s flawed comparison of homicide rates in Baltimore, Central America August 2, 2019
Latest Stories by John Kruzel
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- 5 facts about vaccines November 1, 2019
- Is vaping safer than smoking? October 21, 2019
- Fact-checking the Ohio Democratic presidential debate October 16, 2019
- Ask PolitiFact: Answers to reader questions about the Trump impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden October 8, 2019
- The U.S. aid to Ukraine that Donald Trump froze, in one chart October 7, 2019
- Timeline: The Trump impeachment inquiry October 3, 2019
- Here’s the readout of Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky September 25, 2019
- How would an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump work? September 24, 2019
- Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t September 23, 2019
- No, the New York Times has not admitted to peddling ‘fake news’ about most recent Kavanaugh claim September 18, 2019