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Jacob Geiger joined the Richmond Times-Dispatch and PolitiFact Virginia at the start of 2011. He previously worked at SNL Financial where he covered the financial services and insurance beats, with a focus on the Federal Reserve, credit card companies and insurance mergers and acquisitions.

Featured Statements

Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address:

Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.

By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate.:

The United States "is number one in the world in energy resources; Russia is number two."

By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release:

"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "

By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview:

"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."

By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 25, 2011 in an op-ed.:

"Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership [Texas] has created more jobs over the last decade than the rest of the states combined."

By Jacob Geiger • July 6, 2011
Mark Warner
stated on June 27, 2011 in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.:

"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."

By Jacob Geiger • July 2, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on June 2, 2011 in a fundraising appeal.:

Gov. Bob McDonnell launched a "raid on public education to pay for roads."

By Jacob Geiger • June 28, 2011
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 in a blog post.:

On subsidies for ethanol production.

By Jacob Geiger • June 22, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 3, 2011 in a press release.:

"President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs."

By Jacob Geiger • June 20, 2011
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 in a press conference.:

"We are number one in the world when it comes to energy resources. ... The Russians are second; Saudi Arabia is number three."

By Jacob Geiger • June 17, 2011

Playing a game of political telephone

By Jacob Geiger • June 28, 2011
A few claims don't make the Truth-O-Meter

By Jacob Geiger • March 29, 2011
We don't fact check basketball predictions, but...

By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2011
Resetting the Truth-o-Meter to account for inflation

By Jacob Geiger • March 8, 2011
Checking up on Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claims on higher education

By Jacob Geiger • January 31, 2011
Sorting out Ward Armstrong's claim on electricity rates

By Jacob Geiger • January 27, 2011