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Snopes→ Jury Selection Begins in 1st Trial for George Floyd’s Death

2021-03-08 Jury selection will begin in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Federal Grand Jury Hearing Evidence in Death of George Floyd

2021-02-24 Several witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury considering charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is already facing state murder charges in the death of George Floyd. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Bail Out ‘Violent Rioters’ During George Floyd Protests?

2021-02-17 The claim appeared to stem from a June 2020 tweet from Harris. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Are LAPD Officers Under Investigation for Sharing Racist George Floyd ‘Valentine’?

2021-02-15 The alleged post included a photo of Floyd with the caption, "You take my breath away." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Are George Washington’s Hair and JFK’s Harvard Sweater Up for Auction?

2021-02-14 "The copious lock of George Washington's grayish tan hair is tied together with a fine white thread and displayed within a locket-style bezel," according to RR Auctions. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to work for George Soros.

2021-02-11 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and George Soros have been falsely linked several times. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Reagan’s Longtime Secretary of State George P. Shultz Dies

2021-02-07 Schultz died at his home on the campus of Stanford University, where he was a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, a think tank, and professor emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘Here’s the Letter George H. W. Bush Left Bill Clinton for the First Day of His Presidency’

2021-01-19 On January 18 2021, Imgur user SisterMidnight shared an image called, “Here’s the letter George H. W. Bush left Bill Clinton for the first day of his presidency,” with the comment “Classy,”  and “I wonder what Presiden Go to site post…»

Snopes→ What George Orwell Said About Why He Writes

2021-01-18 "From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer," Orwell said. Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Former presidents George Bush and Barack Obama have been arrested and sentenced to death.

2021-01-15 There is no evidence to support this claim and the former presidents have not been arrested. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Officer with Knee to George Floyd’s Neck to Be Tried Alone

2021-01-12 A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for minutes will be tried separately from three other former officers accused in his death. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Delay Sought in Ex-Officers’ Trial over George Floyd’s Death

2021-01-01 Prosecutors in the case against four Minneapolis officers requested putting off the trial until June. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘George Soros With the Owner of Smartmatic’

2020-12-29 As conspiracy theorists continued trying to convince themselves that Donald Trump did not definitively lose the November 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, they also found another way to recycle — yet again — a reliable boogeyman in Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police Officer Accused of Killing George Floyd NOT Killed in Prison

2020-12-19 Was Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd himself killed in prison and did he leave half of his estate to the Trump campaign? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that trie Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Does George Clooney Cut His Hair With A Flowbee?

2020-12-08 Flowbee has stated that the actor has no endorsement deal with the iconic, vacuum-based, self-grooming tool. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did George Clooney Slam Trump and His Talk of a ‘Hollywood Elite’?

2020-12-08 In late 2020, the world-famous actor and director was quoted as calling the outgoing president a "guy who takes a s--- in a gold toilet." Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Does the Dominion Voting Systems organization have ties to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, George Soros and the Clinton Foundation?

2020-11-30 https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics CLAIM: Attorney Sidney Powell claimed that widely used voting m Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Hungarian Official Compares George Soros to Hitler

2020-11-29 A Hungarian ministerial commissioner has come under fire for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a staunch critic of Hungary’s government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Image shows Joe Biden kneeling to speak to a boy in Detroit, not George Floyd’s daughter

2020-11-27 An image showing US president-elect Joe Biden on bended knee in front of a child has resurfaced in numerous social media posts in Africa claiming the incoming American leader was apologising to the “daughter of George Floyd,” a black man whose deat Go to site post…»

Liste→ Hoax article claiming George Soros was arrested for US election interference spreads across social media

2020-11-26 An article claiming that billionaire financier George Soros was arrested for interference in the 2020 US election has received hundreds of shares and thousands of views on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The report includes an image of a purported indic Go to site post…»

The Dispatch Fact Check→ Was George Soros Arrested for Election Interference?

2020-11-23 Claims that George Soros was arrested for election interference have gone viral on social media. The conspiracy states that Soros was indicted for a host of crimes, including wire fraud and identity theft, and that the judge ordered a publication ban t Go to site post…»

Snopes→ No, George Soros Wasn’t Arrested in Philadelphia for Election Interference

2020-11-23 An indictment against Russian hackers was altered to support the false claim that the financier had been arrested for "election interference." Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros NOT Arrested For Election Interference, NOT In Federal Custody

2020-11-23 Was George Soros arrested by the FBI and is he currently in federal custody in Philadelphia under accusation of election interference? No, that's not true: the Canadian website that ran the story has a track record of publishing hoaxes an Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did George Clooney Give Each of His 14 Best Friends Suitcases Filled with $1 Million?

2020-11-19 It pays to be close to the Hollywood actor. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report That George Soros Owns Parler

2020-11-13 Did Fox News confirm that philanthropist George Soros owns the social media platform Parler? No, that's not true: This is a doctored chyron that Fox News never aired. The claim appeared in a Tweet (archived here) published on November 11, Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Does Billionaire George Soros Own Parler?

2020-11-12 The philanthropist has been falsely accused of funding a number of projects over the years. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did George W. Bush Endorse Biden?

2020-11-03 The 43rd president of the United States has kept mum about his 2020 vote. Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ In Context: Did Joe Biden confuse Donald Trump with George W. Bush?

2020-10-27 https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/26/context-did-joe-biden-confuse-donald-trump-george-/ Soci Go to site post…»

WaPo Fact Checker→ No, Biden did not confuse George W. Bush and Donald Trump

2020-10-26 A misleading clip pushed by the RNC went viral. But the story it told was false. Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ Did Joe Biden Call Trump ‘George’ During a Live Video?

2020-10-26 A tweet from an official for United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign highlighted a widespread disinformation campaign that hinged on attempting to manufacture a “gaffe” to pin on Democratic Party presidential nomi Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Nancy Pelosi, George Stephanopoulos, And Chris Wallace Is From February 2019

2020-10-05 Is this a photo of Nancy Pelosi, George Stephanopoulos and Chirs Wallace? Yes, it was taken on February 5, 2019, as Speaker Pelosi met with the network television anchors just before President Trump delivered the annual State of the Union Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Chris Wallace With Jeffrey Epstein — It’s Wallace And George Clooney

2020-10-01 Does a photo in a social meme show Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein together? No, that's not true: The implication is that Wallace, who is the target of social media attacks after he modera Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Louisville Bail Project Did NOT Rent Truck That Distributed Supplies to Louisville Protest and Bail Project Gets NO Funds from George Soros

2020-09-25 Did the Louisville Bail Project rent a truck to deliver "riot supplies" to a Black Lives Matter march with support from billionaire George Soros? No, neither of those claims is true. The U-Haul truck shown in online videos delivering supp Go to site post…»

Top Fact Checks→ Adam Schiff’s sister is married to George Soros’s son.

2020-09-25 U.S. Representative for California Adam Schiff does not have a sister. Melissa Schiff, Robert Soros's estranged wife, is not related to Schiff. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Coroner’ Did NOT Say George Floyd Died From A Drug Overdose, Instead of Injuries From Police Restraint

2020-09-23 Did a "coroner" say George Floyd died from a drug overdose and not because a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes? No, that is not true. While the autopsy report said Floyd had drugs in his system and oth Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own Two Sigma Investments

2020-09-23 Does George Soros own Two Sigma Investments? No, that's not true: The company's federal filings with the Security and Exchange Commission state that Soros has never been part of any ownership of the investment firm. The claim appeared in Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Really High Gas Prices Was NOT The ‘Last Time Biden Was In Office’ — It’s From 2008 When George W. Bush Was President

2020-09-23 Does a photo show high gas prices that were from "the last time Biden was in office"? No, that's not true. A photo has gone viral showing regular, plus and premium gas prices all above $5.00 with the claim that it was taken the "last time Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Bombshell Allegation Puts George Clooney ‘Smack Dab In The Middle’ Of Epstein’s ‘Unlawful Sex Cabal’

2020-09-09 Does a "bombshell" allegation put actor George Clooney in the middle of the Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking "sex cabal"? No, that's not true: This claim is a clickbait headline unsupported by the article below it. Epstein's former gir Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President George W. Bush Has NOT Said He Supports The Biden/Harris Ticket

2020-09-05 Has former U.S. President George W. Bush said he supports the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: While Bush has said he would not support Donald Trump's reelection campaign, he has not endo Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Coaching Great John Thompson of Georgetown Dead at 78

2020-08-31 John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. Go to site post…»

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