By a vote of 57 to 43, the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., cautioned that Trump might still face charges or lawsuits for his role in the attack on the Capito
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Snopes→ Fight Over Witnesses Could Delay Trump Trial Conclusion
The proceedings came to abrupt halt Saturday morning, with even senators seemingly confused about next steps.
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Trump’s Lawyers Repeated Inaccurate Claims in Impeachment Trial
The three members of the former president’s legal team made a number of misleading or false claims about the events of Jan. 6, antifa, the impeachment process and voter fraud.
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Lawyers on Day 4 of Impeachment Trial
The three members of the former president’s legal team made a number of misleading or false claims about the events of Jan. 6, antifa, the impeachment process and voter fraud.
Snopes→ Trial Highlights: Trump Grievances, Angry Outbursts and More
In a whirlwind defense, Donald Trump’s impeachment attorneys aired a litany of grievances, arguing the former president bore no responsibility for the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol while accusing Democrats of “hatred” and “hypocrisy.”
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring
REVIEW A video claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and that healthcare workers who administer them are “war criminals” was published on 2 February 2021. The author of the video, titled “old man in a chair”, is Vernon Coleman, a for
Snopes→ Trump Trial Video Shows Vast Scope, Danger of Capitol Riot
In previously unreleased recordings, the House prosecutors displayed gripping scenes of how close the rioters were to the country’s leaders.
Snopes→ Chilling Trump Trial Video: Police Beg Help, Senators Flee
Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors and searching menacingly.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checking the first day of Trump’s second impeachment trial
Before senators could consider a scrap of evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump, they first had to vote whether to try the case at all. House Democratic impeachment managers argued that even though Trump no longer holds office, the
Snopes→ Trump’s 2nd Trial to Start with Vote over Constitutionality
The trial will start with debate over whether it’s constitutionally permissible to prosecute Trump after leaving office.
Snopes→ Trump’s Trial Starting: ‘Grievous Crime’ or Just ‘Theater’?
The first president to face charges after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached, Trump continues to challenge the nation's civic norms and traditions even in defeat.
Top Fact Checks→ Israel’s new COVID-19 drug showed 96 percent efficacy in clinical trials.
According to reports, EXO-CD24 was 96 percent effective against COVID-19 in clinical trials, but additional trials will determine the final result
Snopes→ Trump Lawyers Blast Impeachment Trial As ‘Political Theater’
In a brief filed on the eve of the impeachment trial, lawyers for the former president leveled a wide-ranging attack on the case, foreshadowing the claims they intend to present when arguments begin on the same Senate floor that was invaded by rioters
Snopes→ Israeli PM Pleads Not Guilty As Corruption Trial Resumes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted in 2020 for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: How Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Will Work
While Trump’s acquittal is expected, all 100 senators will first have to sit at their desks and listen to hours of graphic testimony from House Democrats about the riots.
Snopes→ Trump Rejects Dems’ Request to Testify at Impeachment Trial
Hours after the Democrats' request was revealed, Trump adviser Jason Miller dismissed the trial as “an unconstitutional proceeding” and said the former president would not testify.
Snopes→ House Dems Ask Trump to Testify Under Oath in Senate Trial
House Democrats have asked former President Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial.
Snopes→ Takeaways from Legal Filings for Trump’s Impeachment Trial
The legal sparring around Donald Trump's impeachment trial is underway, with briefs filed laying out radically different positions ahead of the Senate trial.
Snopes→ Trump Parts with Impeachment Lawyers a Week Before Trial
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, are no longer with Trump's defense team.
Full Fact - All content→ Adolescents have been recruited for Covid-19 vaccine trials in the US
A viral tweet claiming that Pfizer is “using children as lab rats to test their Covid-19 vaccine” has also been shared on Facebook. It’s correct that in the US, Pfizer has enrolled over 2,000 children aged between 12 and 15 to take pa
Snopes→ GOP Largely Votes Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
In a 55-45 procedural vote, the Senate set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul that would have declared the impeachment proceedings unconstitutional.
Snopes→ Impeachment After Leaving Office? Rome Put a Pope’s Corpse on Trial
Even death may not be a bar to prosecution for misconduct in public office.
Snopes→ House Sending Trump Impeachment to Senate, GOP Opposes Trial
Donald Trump is the first former president to face an impeachment trial.
Snopes→ AP Source: Lawmakers Threatened Ahead of Impeachment Trial
Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators.
Snopes→ Supporters’ Words May Haunt Trump at Impeachment Trial
At least five supporters facing federal charges have suggested they were taking orders from the then-president when they marched on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6.
Snopes→ Trump Impeachment to Go to Senate on Monday, Launching Trial
Trump is the first president to be twice impeached and the first to face a trial after leaving office.
Snopes→ McConnell Seeks to Push Trump Impeachment Trial to February
House Democrats who voted to impeach Trump last week for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot have signaled they want to move quickly to trial as President Joe Biden begins his term.
Snopes→ Unclear Who Presides at Trump Trial If He’s Out of Office
The Constitution says the chief justice is to preside at the impeachment trial of a president. But what about an ex-president?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Speaker Pelosi Was NOT ‘Stopped At The Border’ And Taken To An ‘Undisclosed Location’ For Trial
Was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stopped at the U.S. border just before midnight on Saturday, January 9, 2021, and taken to an undisclosed location of face trial? No, that's not true: Pelosi was seen on the job in Congress on Monday, guidin
Top Fact Checks→ Deepak Marawi died in Bhopal after participating in the Covaxin trial.
The autopsy report of Deepak Marawi shows that poisoning as the probable cause of death. Covaxin is a two-dose vaccine, and he only received one dose.
Snopes→ Did Rudy Giuliani Call for ‘Trial By Combat’ Before Trump Mob Broke Into Capitol?
After a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol, the rhetoric of Trump's surrogates came under scrutiny.
Snopes→ Delay Sought in Ex-Officers’ Trial over George Floyd’s Death
Prosecutors in the case against four Minneapolis officers requested putting off the trial until June.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Did NOT Urge That Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn Be Put On ‘Military Trial For Sedition’
Did former Secretary of State and retired Army General Colin Powell urge "the U.S. military to recall [retired Army Lieutenant General] Michael Flynn and put him on military trial for sedition?" No, that's not true: There is no record of
Top Fact Checks→ A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing before Priti Adani, wife of industrialist Gautam Adani has gone viral.
A picture of Narendra Modi greeting Deepika Mondal was incorrectly claimed to show he bowed before Gautam Adani's wife, Priti Adani.
Full Fact - All content→ Some on the Pfizer vaccine trials did get Bell’s palsy, but not more than we’d expect by chance
A video on Youtube and a post on Facebook have claimed that four volunteers taking part in the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trials were left with Bell’s palsy after participating. Bell’s palsy is a weakness or paralysis of one side of t
Liste→ Old photos circulated in misleading social media posts about Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial volunteers developing facial paralysis
An image has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook alongside a claim it shows three of four clinical trial volunteers who have developed Bell's palsy after receiving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Six People Died During Pfizer’s COVID-19 Trial But NOT From The Vaccine; FDA Is Monitoring Developments Closely
Did six people die during Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trial and is the FDA "not concerned"? Yes and no: Six participants died during the trial, but not from the vaccine. Of the six, just two were given the vaccine. The other four participan
Snopes→ Did Scientists Recover ‘Extraterrestrial Material’ from Asteroid 190 Million Miles from Earth?
It would be the world’s first sample of a gaseous material from deep space.
Liste→ Video makes misleading claims about Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on YouTube and Facebook alongside a claim that two people died during trials for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to US government records. The claim is misleading; the US
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Explaining the Six Deaths Recorded During Pfizer/BioNTech’s Phase III Trial
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-check-explaining-the-six-deaths A recent briefing from the FDA