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Donald Trump felony conviction: Live fact-checks from his Trump Tower speech

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Former President Donald Trump exits the courtroom May 30, 2024, at the conclusion of his falsified business records trial in New York. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff May 31, 2024

If Your Time is short

A Manhattan jury concluded May 30 that former President Donald Trump was guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
PolitiFact is fact-checking Trump's May 31 press conference at Trump Tower live starting at 11 a.m. ET.

See links in blog.

stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 in testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 in a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.:

“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 28, 2024
J.D. Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 28, 2024
Dave McCormick
stated on August 25, 2024 in a TV ad:

Bob Casey “voted to sell American oil to China.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post:

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024
Social Media
stated on August 21, 2024 in una publicaciones en redes sociales:

Videos muestran a Kamala Harris ebria.

By Maria Briceño • August 28, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on July 26, 2024 in remarks at Turning Point USA summit:

Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”

By Grace Abels • August 28, 2024
X posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in a social media post:

The order of candidate names on North Carolina’s ballot shows a “clear attempt at voter manipulation.”

By Paul Specht • August 28, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Colin Kaepernick 'screams' as Coach Kyle Shanahan denies his return request: 'The kneeling symbol has no chance of coming back.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 28, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift announced a “big endorsement concert” and said, “No more silence, before it’s too late, our voice must be heard now!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 28, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 22, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Breaking: WNBA referees disqualify players under league’s new ‘no anthem kneeling’ rule.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 28, 2024