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Snopes→ FBI Vetting Guard Troops in DC Amid Fears of Insider Attack

2021-01-18 U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ No, FBI Did Not Uncover 256 Emails Between Rep. Schiff, Jeffrey Epstein

2021-01-17 A routine review of content labeled satire. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Tracking ‘Extensive’ Online Chatter About Armed Protests

2021-01-15 The FBI is tracking an “extensive amount of concerning online chatter,” including calls for armed protests leading up to next week's presidential inauguration, Director Chris Wray said. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did the FBI Warn of Armed Protests at ‘All 50 State Capitols’?

2021-01-12 Congress has been briefed on a number of potential threats of violence planned for the days leading up to and including the Jan. 20, 2021, inauguration of Joe Biden. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Warns of Plans for Nationwide Armed Protests

2021-01-11 The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, stoking fears of more bloodshed after the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Were Capitol Riot Attendees Added to FBI’s No-Fly List?

2021-01-11 While videos show people who were removed from flights for being unruly or refusing to wear a mask, these people were not added to the FBI's terrorist no-fly list. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Arrests Arkansas Man from Photo Inside Pelosi’s Office

2021-01-09 The FBI arrested an Arkansas man who was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office following the storming of the Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The FBI Did NOT Confirm It Was Antifa Activists, Not Trump Supporters Who Stormed The Capitol

2021-01-08 Did the FBI confirm it was Antifa activists, not Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol? No, that's not true: A claim has gone viral that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed antifascist activists, known as Antifa, were the Go to site post…»

Snopes→ After Naming Bombing Suspect, FBI Turns to Motive

2020-12-28 With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville's Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Nashville Bombing Investigation Prompts FBI to Search Home

2020-12-27 Federal agents converged on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI at Home of Possible Person of Interest in Nashville Bomb

2020-12-26 Federal investigators have identified a person of interest in connection with the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas Day and were searching a home associated with that person, law enforcement officials said. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Screenshot and Tweets Are NOT Evidence FBI Arrested Adam Schiff at LAX Airport

2020-12-26 Are a couple of tweets and a link to a website named lacountyarrestrecords.com solid evidence Adam Schiff was arrested by the FBI at LAX Airport on December 24, 2020? No, that's not true: tweets are not solid evidence and there is no reas Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Ruby Freeman Was Not Arrested by the FBI

2020-12-19 Election-fraud fan fiction spun out of control in 2020. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The FBI Did NOT Admit To Accidentally Destroying The Laptop That Supposedly Belonged To Hunter Biden

2020-12-17 Did the FBI admit to accidentally destroying the laptop said to have belonged to Hunter Biden? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim published by a website that trolls conservatives with outrageous false claims. The laptop in que Go to site post…»

Snopes→ US Blames Iran in Abduction, Death of Ex-FBI Agent Levinson

2020-12-14 Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran under mysterious circumstances more than a decade ago. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Justices Rule Muslim Men Can Sue FBI Agents over No-Fly List

2020-12-10 A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Police: Woman Posing as FBI Agent Sought Free Fast Food

2020-11-10 Police have jailed a woman in Georgia accused of pretending to be an FBI agent to score a free fast-food meal, saying she allegedly threatened to arrest restaurant workers if they didn’t serve her a complimentary bite. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Bannon Say He’d Put Fauci’s and FBI Director Wray’s ‘Heads on Pikes’?

2020-11-06 The podcaster and Breitbart executive has been described as a "Trump loyalist." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Is the FBI Investigating After Trump Fans Surrounded Biden Bus in Texas?

2020-11-02 Videos of the incident in Texas went viral during the last weekend before Election Day. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Trump Decries FBI Probe of Supporters Surrounding Biden Bus

2020-11-02 President Donald Trump suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Hunter Biden ‘Flip’ and Turn Himself in to the FBI?

2020-11-02 A viral image read: "If [Biden] withdraws from the race and forfeits all funds in the [Swiss bank] accounts, the Biden family and specifically Hunter will not face criminal charges." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Warns Ransomware Assault Threatens US Healthcare System

2020-10-29 Independent security experts say the assault has already hobbled at least four U.S. hospitals this month, and could potentially impact hundreds more. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ She’s lied hundreds of times to the people to Congress and to the to the FBI.

2020-10-21 President Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her.” He also left the false impression that the FBI deviated from its standard practice by not putting Clinton under oath. FBI polic Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Hillary Clinton Donate $700,000 to the Campaign of FBI Director’s Wife?

2020-10-05 Andrew McCabe did not have any oversight of the investigation into Secretary Clinton's email server while his wife was running for political office. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Mail Carriers Discard the Pennsylvania Ballots Subject to FBI and DoJ Investigation?

2020-09-30 A viral article from Diamond and Silk—the former Fox Nation online personalities who lost their gig after spreading misinformation about coronavirus—claims that the recently discovered nine discarded ballots in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Say Military Mail-In Ballots Were Found In A Pennsylvania Ditch

2020-09-27 Did the FBI release a statement saying that "multiple" military mail-in ballots were found thrown away in a ditch in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: First, the FBI never said anything about Pennsylvania ballots. The U.S. attorney for t Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Director Says Antifa Is an Ideology, Not an Organization

2020-09-17 FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Ex-FBI Lawyer Admits to False Statement During Russia Probe

2020-08-19 A former FBI lawyer pleaded guilty to altering a document related to the secret surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser during the Russia investigation. Go to site post…»

Liste→ FBI did not say most Antifa members work as teachers

2020-07-22 Facebook and Instagram posts claim the FBI said people associated with the Antifa movement are most commonly employed as teachers. This is false; the FBI said it has not made any such statements about the occupations of those attracted to political ide Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did the FBI Find 256 Emails Between Schiff and Epstein?

2020-07-10 A routine review of content labeled satire. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘Ghislaine Maxwell Was Arrested by the FBI, Can We Talk About How Similar She Looks to Madeleine McCann’s Female Abductor Sketch’?

2020-07-08 On July 3 2020, just after British socialite Ghislane Maxwell was arrested, the Facebook page “NightMerica Podcast” shared the following post, comparing her photograph with a purported sketch of “Madeleine McCann’s female abdu Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The FBI Did NOT Say Teachers Are The Number One Occupation Of Antifa Activists

2020-07-08 Did the FBI report teachers are the number one occupation of Antifa activists? No, that's not true: The FBI responded to Lead Stories' inquiry by saying it does not categorize by occuptation the adherents of any ideology. The FBI website's lis Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video shows a man being handcuffed in 2019 and he was not an FBI agent, police say

2020-06-10 A video has been viewed millions of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in early June 2020 alongside a claim it shows the arrest of a black FBI agent. The posts were published after nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic ra Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black South Sudanese Man In Viral Arrest Video Was NOT An FBI Agent

2020-06-03 Was a black man who was arrested by police quickly released because the cops learned he was an FBI agent? No, that's not true. The now-viral video of a man being put in handcuffs by Rochester, Minnesota, police officers is a year old, and the Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Does This Video Show an FBI Agent Arrested During 2020 Protests?

2020-06-01 This video was originally shared as an example of racial profiling. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Says Texas Naval Base Shooting Is ‘Terrorism-Related’

2020-05-21 A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI: Missouri Man Planning to Bomb Hospital Killed Himself

2020-05-15 A Missouri man who was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital killed himself as FBI agents served a probable cause arrest warrant, the FBI said. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Burr Steps Aside as Senate Intelligence Chair amid FBI Probe

2020-05-14 A Republican senator with access to some of the nation's top secrets became further entangled in a deepening FBI investigation as agents examining a well-timed sale of stocks during the coronavirus outbreak showed up at his home with a warrant to searc Go to site post…»

Snopes→ FBI Official: Russia Wants to See U.S. ‘Tear Ourselves Apart’

2020-02-25 David Porter, an assistant section chief with the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, accused Russia of conducting brazen operations aimed at spreading disinformation, exploiting lines of division in society and sowing doubt about the integrity of U.S. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Justice Dept. Closes Case Against ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe

2020-02-14 The decision resolves a criminal investigation into whether McCabe lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure. Go to site post…»

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