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Bloggers stated on October 04, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2020

Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Benjamin Netanyahu dijo que lanzará una bomba nuclear a Gaza.

By Maria Briceño• October 18, 2023

President Trump's lawyers stated on January 29, 2018 in a memo:

Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.

By Louis Jacobson• June 7, 2018

Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs.

By Samantha Putterman• October 27, 2020

Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s son served on the Burisma board with Hunter Biden.

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 2, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:

There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.

By Chris Nichols• January 6, 2021

Viral image stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, “While my father loves almost all his supporters, please do not come to Mar-a-Lago to support President Trump. We have many important people coming through the club and need to keep it clean.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2022

Raging Elephants stated on January 07, 2011 in a web post:

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!"

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 17, 2011

Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a list of prominent Democrats have concealed their "real names" from the public.

By Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2019

David A. Clarke Jr. stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview:

Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."

By Tom Kertscher• August 3, 2016

Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2016 in a tweet:

"The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me."

By Lauren Carroll• November 15, 2016

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

Viral image stated on November 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Hillary Clinton being arrested.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 12, 2023

Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 17, 2021 in a tweeted video:

A video shows Joe Biden lost and confused on stage.

By Daniel Funke• January 18, 2021

True Pundit stated on February 08, 2017 in a web post:

Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library."

By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network:

"You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'"

By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018

David A. Clarke Jr. stated on December 30, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Hillary Clinton once said "the average Democrat voter is just plain stupid, they’re easy to manipulate."

By Tom Kertscher• January 5, 2018

Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."

By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020

David A. Clarke Jr. stated on February 17, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."

By Tom Kertscher• February 23, 2017

David Harris Jr. stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."

By Tom Kertscher• July 17, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons?

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023

A timeline of the shifting accounts of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 14, 2017

RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign

By Madison Czopek• August 23, 2024

3 times Trump team changed its story on Russia

By John Kruzel• August 3, 2017

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued PolitiFact’s owner in 2020 over flu vaccine fact-check

By Aaron Sharockman• December 21, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 2023

Hank Williams Jr. saying Obama a Muslim prompted No. 5 favorite fact check

By W. Gardner Selby• December 25, 2012

Claims about MLK often go astray

By Eric Stirgus• January 15, 2014

Here is PolitiFact readers’ pick for 2023 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• December 21, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump's fake news awards

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• January 18, 2018

What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 11, 2017

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dice que un gusano se comió parte de su cerebro. Expertos lo ven improbable

By Loreben Tuquero• May 15, 2024

Our High Five for July

By Tom Kertscher• August 2, 2013

Read: Text messages between US diplomats about Ukraine aid, Trump phone call

By Josie Hollingsworth• October 4, 2019

Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• April 22, 2024

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources

By John Kruzel• February 15, 2018

How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments

By Bill McCarthy• April 12, 2022

What are the facts on police shootings following death of Stephon Clark?

By Chris Nichols• March 29, 2018

A fact-checker's guide to Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 9, 2018

Sunday preview: Ft. Hood, CIA interrogation report and campaign money

By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2014