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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 in a tweet:
“The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Eric Bolling
stated on July 11, 2017 in comments on 'Fox News Specialists':
“Collusion is not illegal.”
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2017
X posts
stated on May 23, 2017 in a tweet:
“Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2017
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 31, 2017 in an interview:
“The best estimate is that 200,000 people in Wisconsin were either denied or chilled in their efforts to vote” in the 2016 presidential election.  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 9, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 17, 2017 in a tweet:
“Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2017
Kris Kobach
stated on May 14, 2017 in an interview on Fox:
The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has “never” been “bounced against a state’s voter rolls.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2017
DCCC
stated on May 3, 2017 in a political ad:
Says “Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent.”  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter:
Says James Clapper “and virtually everyone else” said “there is no collusion” in the Russia investigation findings.
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 12, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2017 in a statement released by the transition office:
Activities by foreign governments had “absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2017
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
“There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge.”
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016
Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
stated on October 23, 2016 in an ad in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s transportation plans linked to Proposition 1 on the ballot remove “27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city,” replacing “them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles” and buses.    
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 28, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 in a speech:
“The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 26, 2016
No on 56 campaign
stated on October 7, 2016 in a campaign TV ad. :
California’s proposed tobacco tax “diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who don’t have to help even one more patient.”  
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • October 25, 2016
Rob Gleason
stated on August 29, 2016 in a fundraising email:
“As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President.”
Mostly False
By Kaylee Tornay • September 2, 2016
Tom Marino
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech to the PA delegation at the RNC.:
“[Hillary Clinton]’s not trusted — virtually at all.”
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • July 20, 2016
Firearms Policy Coalition
stated on June 16, 2016 in an email blast.:
California’s Proposition 63 would “CRIMINALIZE the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • July 12, 2016
Steve Chabot
stated on June 8, 2016 in his campaign blog:
Says the Clinton Foundation “accepted millions and millions of dollars from governments like Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates,” which violated “a ban on all contributions to the Foundation from foreign nations.”  
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • June 20, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says delegates can’t “legally” change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 12, 2016 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:
“We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2016 in a campaign speech:
“The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • April 12, 2016
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