On April 14 2022, an Imgur account shared a quote meme attributed recently deceased comedian Gilbert Gottfried, comparing former U.S. President Donald Trump to “Hitler without the warmth”: That post wasn’t the only piece of Trump-re
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Snopes→ Did Trump Call Pence ‘a Dog that Belongs on the Street’?
The former president has criticized his one-time ally for not attempting to overthrow Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say His ‘Greatest Achievement’ Was ‘Getting the Vaccine’?
The former president dabbled in both COVID-19 skepticism and taking credit for the vaccine.
Snopes→ No, Obama Didn’t Tweet This About Trump’s Birth Certificate
The tweet went viral. Of course.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Really Hit a Hole-in-One?
"It bounced twice and then went clank, into the hole," the former president claimed in March 2022.
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Missing Roughly 8 Hours of Trump’s Phone Calls
The gap extends from a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and involves White House calls.
Truth or Fiction?→ Virginia Thomas Embraced Conspiracy Theories Long Before ‘Big Lie’ Texts Came to Light
Long before she was revealed to have been pushing for the overturning of the 2020 presidential election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas — the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — trafficked in conspiracy theories in disinfor
Snopes→ Judge: Trump Likely Committed Crimes Related to Election
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter marked a major legal win for the House panel.
Snopes→ How Trump is Carving His Name Into the 2022 GOP Primaries
From the sidelines, the former president is pulling strings and serving up revenge.
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Sees Evidence of Trump ‘Criminal Conspiracy’
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said for the first time that its evidence suggests crimes may have been committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates.
Snopes→ What Did John Durham’s Latest Court Filing Say About Trump, Russia, and Clinton?
Former President Trump suggested Clinton and others should face execution for their supposed crimes. But what did Special Counsel Durham actually say, in February 2022?
Snopes→ Trump’s Social Media App Launches Year After Twitter Ban
His Truth Social app was offered for download from the Apple App Store to a limited number of subscribers who had preordered.
Snopes→ Will Truth Social Cost Users $4.99 a Week?
What exactly is the price of free speech?
Snopes→ Trump Must Testify in New York Investigation, Judge Rules
Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a judge ruled.
Snopes→ Biden Orders Release of Trump White House Logs to Congress
President Joe Biden is ordering the release of Trump White House visitor logs to the House committee investigating the riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
Truth or Fiction?→ Stephen King ‘Hard to Believe There Was Ever a World Leader as Dumb as Donald Trump’ Quote Meme
On February 15 2022, an Imgur user shared the following quote meme, reportedly showcasing commentary by author Stephen King on former United States President Donald Trump’s fitness for office: A different quote attributed to Stephen King spread
Snopes→ Michael Avenatti Convicted of Stealing from Stormy Daniels
Michael Avenatti was convicted of charges he cheated the porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Same Executive at NBC Greenlit Fear Factor and The Apprentice, Setting an Unbelievable Sequence of Events in Motion’
On January 29 2022, the Facebook page “Millennials for Guillotines” shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which described an NBC executive who was purportedly responsible for singlehandedly changing the course of history: Lol the sa
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Committee Requests Interview with Ivanka Trump
The committee sent a letter requesting a meeting in February with Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser to her father.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents
The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts.
Snopes→ Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr Subpoenaed by NY Attorney General
The office of New York’s attorney general confirmed for the first time that it had subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children.
Snopes→ White House, Jan. 6 Committee Agree to Shield Some Documents
The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing all the Trump administration documents sought by the committee could compromise national security and executive privilege.
Snopes→ Candace Owens’ Trump Interview Now Free After Complaints
The video interview was published on Dec. 21 and originally required a $12 or $20 monthly membership to the Daily Wire to read it.
Snopes→ Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Documents
Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Snopes→ Trump Sues NY Attorney General, Seeking to End Civil Probe
Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, resorting to a familiar but seldom successful strategy.
Snopes→ Fox Stars Tried to Get Trump to Act on Jan. 6, Texts Show
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade all texted advice to Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as a mob of pro-Donald Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Snopes→ Is This Trump in High-Waisted Pants?
This isn't the first time an altered image of Trump has been circulated on social media.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say ‘If You’re Innocent, Why Are You Taking the Fifth Amendment?’
Trump has offered conflicting opinions of the Fifth Amendment over the years.
Snopes→ Did Trump Send This Phallic Christmas Card in 2021?
The card with a picture of former U.S. President Donald Trump read: "Merry Christmas From The Winter White House."
Snopes→ Trump Tested COVID-Positive Pre-Debate, Ex-Aide Says in Book
Trump called the story “Fake News.”
Snopes→ Trump Ally Bannon Taken into Custody on Contempt Charges
Steve Bannon surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Truth or Fiction?→ Betty White ‘Donald Trump’ Veterans Day Tweet
On November 11 2021, a screenshot of a tweet attributed to Betty White spread virally, in which she purportedly stated her opinions on former United States President Donald Trump and the late senator John McCain: Betty White's Veteran's Day p
Snopes→ Federal Judge Refuses Trump Request to Block Jan. 6 Records
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that President Joe Biden had the authority to waive executive privilege over the documents despite Trump’s assertions otherwise.
Snopes→ Trump Plan for New Media Venture Gets Investors’ Thumbs Up
Trump said that he’s launching Trump Media & Technology Group as a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out.
Snopes→ Did Trump Instruct Republicans Not To Vote in 2022 or 2024?
Typically, current or former politicians send the opposite message to voters.
Snopes→ Biden Won’t Invoke Executive Privilege on Trump Jan. 6 Docs
Former President Donald Trump has pledged to try to keep records from his time in the White House from being turned over to investigators.
Snopes→ No, Trump Did Not Say His Favorite Song Was ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls
The rumor first spread in a TikTok video in late September 2021.
Snopes→ Trump Sues Niece, NY Times over Records Behind ’18 Tax Story
Trump’s lawsuit accuses Mary Trump of breaching a settlement agreement by disclosing tax records she received in a dispute over family patriarch Fred Trump’s estate.
Truth or Fiction?→ New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight
A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief exeutive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Republican Party Webpage Praising Trump’s Afghanistan Deal Disappear?
As right-wing political figures scrambled to attack U.S. President Joe Biden for the devastation accompanying the Taliban advance across Afghanistan in August 2021, an official Republican Party webpage praising his predecessor for setting up the United