Does a viral image really show "Barbara O'Neill's cousin" in the courtroom being "sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON"? No, that's not true: It is AI-generated. The claim came from an account with a history of posting inauthentic images under the
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The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Trump’s Trial and the War in Gaza
Plus: How the pandemic radicalized so many Americans.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were tested in clinical trials, aren’t experimental
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 26 April 2024 by the Pastor Chris Facebook page, which has more than two million followers, claimed that COVID-19 vaccines are “ineffective and harmful”. In the reel, faith leader and preacher Chris Oyakhilome ca
The Dispatch→ The Late-Night Laughs From Donald Trump’s Trial
What TV comedians communicate about average Americans’ takeaways from court proceedings.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Judge in Trump’s criminal trial didn’t threaten to arrest Trump specifically over son’s graduation
“Judge Merchan says Trump will be arrested if he misses any day of the trial, even for Barron’s graduation.”
The Dispatch→ Trial Evidence Promises a Glimpse Into Trump’s Inner World
Plus: Prosecutors’ exhibits are unsealed in the former president’s classified documents case.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old altered photo of Stormy Daniels doesn’t show her arriving at Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial
Photo shows Stormy Daniels wearing a mushroom-patterned dress to court April 22.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Altered Image Of Stormy Daniels Wearing A Mushroom Dress Is NOT Authentic 2024 Trial Photo — Picture Is From 2018, Dress Was Plain Blue
Is an image of Stormy Daniels wearing a blue dress with mushrooms an authentic picture of her going to court in April 2024? No, that's not true: The image has been doctored, with mushrooms added to the dress. Daniels was photographed wear
The Dispatch→ Trump’s New York Criminal Trial Hears First Witness
‘It was election fraud, pure and simple.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hush-Money Trial Judge Did NOT Say To Trump, ‘You Didn’t Attend The Graduations Of Your Other Four Children’
Did the hush-money trial judge say that Donald Trump missed the graduations of his older children, in response to the former president's request that he be allowed to attend youngest son Barron's graduation? No, that's not true: As previo
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump says business records case about hush money is a “Biden trial.” It’s a Manhattan trial
“This trial that I have now, that’s a Biden trial.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Joe Rogan Talking About Extraterrestrial Life On Planet K2-18 B Is NOT Authentic
Did Joe Rogan claim scientists have found extraterrestrial life on a planet known as "K2-18 b," as a video on Facebook suggested? No, that's not true: As narration that sounds like Rogan describes the supposed discovery, images cover his
The Dispatch→ How Trump’s New York Criminal Trial Might Play Out
Plus: A look at the former president’s media strategy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Merchan Did NOT Say Trump Could Not Attend Barron’s Graduation — He Said It Depends On How Trial Is ‘Doing On Time’
Did Judge Juan Merchan tell former President Donald Trump he could not attend his son Barron's high school graduation on May 17, 2024? No, that's not true: The Manhattan judge in Trump's hush-money criminal trial hasn't ruled on the reque
The Dispatch→ Trump’s First Criminal Trial by Jury
Jury selection in the case brought by Alvin Bragg in Manhattan begins Monday.
PolitiFact→ A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order
Prosecutors face challenges in prosecuting Trump in the falsifying records Manhattan case. The gag order bans Trump from attacking witnesses, but he can still criticize DA Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Daughter Of Dr. Sebi On Trial For ‘Spreading Health Secrets’
Does a photograph show a daughter of "Dr. Sebi" on trial, purportedly for "revealing TOP SECRET health hacks," as claimed in a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The image of a woman in an orange prison outfit is not a real photograph. O
Health Feedback→ Various childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
REVIEW The claim that no childhood vaccine has ever been tested against a placebo in a double-blind, randomized trial commonly crops up in anti-vaccine content. One example of this claim can be seen in this Instagram post. Prominent figures in the
The Dispatch→ The Trials of Donald Trump, Explained
The Collision takes over.
The Dispatch→ The Trump-Trials Round Robin
Taking stock of where Trump’s major civil and criminal trials stand.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Son Of Dr. Sebi On Trial — It’s An AI-Generated Illustration
Does a photograph show the son of Dr. Sebi on trial, purportedly for "spreading health secrets?" No, that's not true: The image of a man in an orange prison outfit is not a real photograph of the "son" of Dr. Sebi, whose real name was Alf
AllSides→ Fact Check: Was Joe Biden Ruled Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-was-joe-biden-ruled-mentally-unfit-stand-trial-1870259 Special coun
AllSides→ If Joe Biden is unfit to stand trial, he’s unfit to be president. It’s that simple
https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/opinion/if-joe-biden-is-unfit-to-stand-trial-hes-unfit-to-be-president-its-that-simple/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Special Counsel Robert Hur Did NOT Say Biden Was Mentally Unfit To Stand Trial
Did special counsel Robert Hur say President Joe Biden was mentally unfit to stand trial? No, that's not true: There is no credible information or source suggesting that the special counsel made such a statement about the president. Inste
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RSV ‘Vaccine’ NOT Linked to ’12 Deaths During Clinical Trials’
Did an RSV "vaccine" cause "12 deaths during clinical trials," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: None of the 15 deaths of thousands of children in three key clinical trials were deemed to be caused by the drug. The Fo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post misleads about children’s deaths in RSV drug clinical trials
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did judge ‘election interference’ delay Trump defamation trial? We rate that claim False.
Social media post claims judge in Trump’s defamation trial engaged in “election interference” by delaying the trial to New Hampshire’s primary day.
The Dispatch→ Industrial Policy’s Corruption Problem Is Hiding in Plane Sight
Boeing’s troubles reveal another risk of government support for ‘national champions’
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Delay of Trump defamation trial due to illness, not election interference
Ahead of Trump’s possible testimony in his defamation trial over comments he made about E. Jean Carroll, the writer who claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, social media users are misrepresenting the postponement as a nefarious attempt to i
The Dispatch→ Does the Delay in Trump’s Defamation Trial Amount to ‘Election Interference’?
The judge postponed the proceedings because a juror and Trump’s own lawyer were ill.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts the Facts About His New York Civil Trial
Former President Donald Trump made false and questionable claims in a brief press conference on Jan. 11 after the closing arguments in a New York civil fraud trial. The lawsuit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleges that Trump
The Dispatch→ Jimmy Lai’s Trial Spotlights Beijing’s Reach
The pro-democracy advocate faces national security charges in Hong Kong.
The Dispatch→ Chris Christie Predicts Political ‘Fallout’ for Trump’s Trials
The former New Jersey governor talks to Dispatch Politics about his path to the nomination.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Donald Trump recently testified in his civil fraud trial, not someone in a Trump mask
Video shows someone wearing a Donald Trump mask appeared in court instead of the former president.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Impersonator Wearing Trump Mask At Civil Fraud Trial — Video Was Edited
Did a Donald Trump impersonator take the place of the former president during his November 6, 2023, civil fraud trial? No, that's not true: The visual of Trump sitting in court in this claim on Instagram has been edited. The original foot
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: What experts say about the Trump trials and the 2024 election
PolitiFact sponsored United Facts of America, our free fact-checking festival. We heard from @aronberg and Jon Sale, a white collar criminal defense attorney, about the Trump trials and their potential effect in the 2024 election.
The Dispatch→ Trials and Primaries and Motions, Oh My
Looking ahead at the next several months of politics and the law colliding.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Judge in Trump’s fraud trial was drinking water, not alcohol, as viral videos claim
CLAIM: Video clips show the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s fraud case in New York drinking from a bottle of alcohol during court sessions.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Cherry-Picks Law Journal Commentary on his Civil Trial
Former President Donald Trump cited an article in the New York Law Journal as evidence that a civil business fraud case against him is a “hoax.” The author of the article argued that dissolution of Trump businesses is not a remedy included
AllSides→ Did Trump’s Lawyers ‘Forget To Check a Box’ Requesting a Jury Trial?
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/03/trumps-lawyers-forget-check-box/ On Oct. 2, 2023, former U.S. Pr