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The Dispatch→ Show Me the Man and I’ll Show You the Crime
‘Retribution’ comes for Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor.
Full Fact→ From true crime author to fact checking PMQs: Why I became a fact checker
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, specialist journalist Tony Thompson explains how he came to work at Full Fact, having previously been a crime journalist and author.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Plastic surgery crime story originated on a self-described satire site
“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mugshot Weeper Was NOT Arrested In A 2025 Tesla Vandalism Case — Mugshot Was Taken In 2016 When He Was Arrested For Alleged Sex Crime
Does the mugshot of a weeping teenager show identify someone arrested in connection with one of the March, 2025 attacks by vandals on Tesla dealerships and Tesla vehicles? No, that's not true: the mugshot was published nine years earlier.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech on Crime, Immigration and His Cases
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Misquoted Statistic About White Supremacists Doing ‘80% Of Most Violent Crime’ — Was About Extremist-Related Murders
Did Representative Jasmine Crockett "completely fabricate" the statistic that "80% of the most violent crime are by white supremacists" as a viral post said? No, that's not entirely true: Crockett appears to have badly misquoted a statist
Full Fact→ Misleading Google search results on UK asylum seeker crime rate used 2017 data from Germany
Screenshots of Google results for searches on this topic have been shared on social media in recent months.
FactCheck.org→ Gun Charges Against Hunter Biden Didn’t Come from 1994 Crime Bill
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden from serving time for gun- and tax-related crimes. But contrary to claims on social media, Hunter Biden’s gun c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Deported Chinese Student Convicted Of Child Porn Crimes As Part Of Prisoner Swap — Court Documents Don’t Identify Him As Chinese Spy
Did President Joe Biden unilaterally release a Chinese spy convicted of possessing child pornography? No, that's not true: A White House spokesperson told Lead Stories a Chinese doctoral student sentenced to 8 years in federal prison in 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes
Does President Joe Biden have the power to pardon Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Mangione was jailed on state charges in Pennsylvania and was cha
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Trump wasn’t impeached for trying to probe Hunter Biden’s crimes. That’s a mischaracterization.
“Trump was impeached for trying to investigate all the crimes that Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter over.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s False claim that Harris ‘redefined’ crimes like rape as ‘nonviolent’
“As California attorney general, (Kamala Harris) redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as a totally nonviolent crime.”
FactCheck.org→ Crime Stats Still Show a Decline Since 2020
Quick Take Crime statistics compiled by the FBI and other sources show an increase in violent crime, notably murders, in 2020 and a decline since. A revision to the FBI data this year doesn’t change that overall trend, despite claims made on
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Kari Lake says Arizona was safer in 1994, but crime statistics say otherwise
“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
The Dispatch→ How the U.S. Tracks Immigrants Convicted of Crimes, Explained
What Immigration and Customs Enforcement data on the custody status of noncitizens really tells us.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence implicating Kamala Harris in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged crimes
“Kamala involved in P-Diddy’s rapes and assaults.”
PolitiFact→ What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime?
False or exaggerated claims about immigrants and crime have flourished for decades, experts said. Here’s what’s behind some recent ones that PolitiFact has examined.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Matt Damon Said Jennifer Lopez Was Involved In Alleged Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sex Crimes
Did Matt Damon leak evidence of Jennifer Lopez being involved in Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged sex crimes? No: "This is absolutely not true," a representative for Damon told Lead Stories. A viral article about the supposed leak contained no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Crime Data Did NOT Report Zero Homicides In Los Angeles Or New Orleans In 2023
Did FBI crime statistics falsely record no homicides in Los Angeles or New Orleans in 2023? No, that's not true: The FBI's Crime Data Explorer shows that both cities had numerous homicides during that calendar year. The incorrect assertio
Health Feedback→ Alex Jones was fined 1.5 billion dollars for defaming families of Sandy Hook shooting victims; no evidence he was fined for warning about “Covid crimes”
REVIEW An Instagram post from August 2024 claimed that Alex Jones was fined 150 billion dollars for warning about crimes related to COVID-19. However, this claim is baseless, as we’ll show below. The post was published by political commentator Bra
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump said violent crime spiked 43% under Biden-Harris. That ignores reams of data.
“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump misleads about a 2014 California crime law, Kamala Harris’ role
California law lets you “rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950” and “not get charged.” Kamala Harris “did that.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False and Misleading Claims about Harris’ Record on Crime
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a campaign rally in Atlanta and other venues, former President Donald Trump has tried to paint Vice President Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general and San Francisc
PolitiFact→ Tim Walz – Was Tim Walz right that ‘violent crime was up under Donald Trump’?
“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No proof Donald Trump made settlements to 10- to 13-year-olds for child sex crimes
List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes.
Full Fact→ Crime statistics explained – is it rising or falling?
A guide to how crime statistics for England and Wales are presented, and why the question of whether crime is rising or falling can be hard to answer.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong that crime stats exclude 30% of cities, including the “biggest and most violent"
Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”
FactCheck.org→ Crime Drop in Venezuela Does Not Prove Trump’s Claim the Country Is Sending Criminals to U.S.
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Anyone who has heard a speech by former President Donald Trump in the last few years has certainly heard his unsubstantiated claim that countries around the world are emptying their
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low
“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
Full Fact→ Knife crime in England and Wales is rising, even if you exclude London
Home secretary James Cleverly was challenged on the figures on the BBC’s flagship programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
AllSides→ Trump’s Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/trumps-bogus-attack-on-fbi-crime-statistics/ Former President Donald
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Former President Donald Trump said FBI data that show homicides and other violent crimes trending down are “fake numbers.” They’re not. The FBI data for 2023 a
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Lauren Boebert didn’t imply she’s committed a crime in an X post
Lauren Boebert posted, “If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes. The rule of law means nothing to these people.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Document Archaeologists At Tombs Of Giants In Crimea — Recycled Clickbait With AI-Generated Images
Do photos document archaeologists found tombs in Crimea containing the remains of giants? No, that's not true: This clickbait story is made up and it uses fake images of giant skeletons to drive traffic to a website with potentially malic
The Dispatch→ Video Purporting to Show Iranian Attack on Israel Is Actually a Ukraine Strike on Crimea
Analysts have used geolocation to show that the video was taken in Sevastopol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Migrant Throwing Rock From Overpass Story Does NOT Check Out — Local Teens Charged With 2014 Crime
Did a migrant who was angry that he had not received a packet of government benefits throw a rock from an interstate overpass, nearly killing a woman? No, that's not true: This story appears to be based on a 2014 incident that occurred al
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump exaggerates Venezuelan crime drop and misleads on root causes
"Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”
The Dispatch→ Why the Perception That Crime Is Rising Persists
President Joe Biden trumpets a falling violent crime rate, but FBI raw data tells a different story.