The Justice Department is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the discovery of classified documents by personal lawyers for President Joe Biden inside his former office in November. The White House publicly acknowledged the federal review this wee
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Washington Post→ Biden, Trump and classified documents: An explainer
Here are answers to key questions regarding the discovery in Biden's office and home that has echoes of the investigation of former president Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Here’s how.
Both Trump and Biden had classified documents stored in unauthorized locations. But experts said what is known so far suggests there are important differences, including the number of documents involved and how the Biden and Trump legal teams responded.
Logically→ Republican Senator John Kennedy released classified documents on Hunter Biden and accused the FBI of corruption.
Sen. John Kennedy did not release any classified documents or accuse FBI Director Christopher Wray of having a deal with Hunter Biden.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. John Kennedy Releasing Classified Documents, He Does NOT Say ‘You Had A Deal With Hunter’
Does a video posted on Facebook show Sen. John Kennedy releasing classified documents in the Senate or declaring that an interlocutor had "a deal" with President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden? No, that's not true: The video shows Kennedy
Logically→ Obama Foundation stored classified presidential documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.
The facility was controlled, managed, and used exclusively by National Archives and Records Administration and Obama Foundation had no access to it.
Poynter→ Claims about Obama Foundation keeping classified records in an abandoned warehouse are wrong
In August, after the FBI seized documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump wrongly charged his predecessor with keeping “33 million pages of documents, much of […] The post Claims about Obama Founda
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims about Obama Foundation keeping classified records in an abandoned warehouse are wrong
“The Obama Foundation stored classified documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.”
Snopes→ Did Obama Foundation Store Classified Documents at Empty Furniture Warehouse?
Presidential papers have been stored in unexpected spaces before.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Presidents Can NOT Declassify Documents Simply By Saying ‘It’s Declassified’ Or By Merely ‘Thinking About It’ – There Is A Procedure For Doing It
Can a president of the United States declassify classified documents and information by simply saying "it's declassified" or by just "thinking about it"? No, that's not true: There is a procedure for presidents to declassify documents and
PolitiFact→ Hillary Clinton – Clinton exaggerates absence of classified information in her emails
“I had zero emails that were classified.”
Washington Post→ Hillary Clinton’s claim that ‘zero emails’ were marked classified
Clinton marked a contrast with Trump over whether her emails were marked as classified -- and recent investigations conducted under Trump has bolstered her case.
AllSides→ Timeline of FBI Investigation of Trump’s Handling of Highly Classified Documents
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/timeline-of-fbi-investigation-of-trumps-handling-of-highly-classified-documents/
FactCheck.org→ Timeline of FBI Investigation of Trump’s Handling of Highly Classified Documents
The FBI on Aug. 8 executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. A federal judge magistrate signed the warrant after “finding probable cause that evidence of multiple federal crimes would be fou
Snopes→ Pence Says He Didn’t Leave Office with Classified Material
Former Vice President Mike Pence said that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Rep. John Haller’ Reading Anti-Terrorism Bill With Repeated ‘Classified’ Parts — It’s Old Satire
Does a video show "Rep. John Haller" of Pennsylvania reading through the "HR 8791 -- the Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill" and interrupting his reading by repeatedly saying material is "classified"? No, that's not true: There was no R
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Barack Obama did not Keep Millions of Classified Documents
(Photo by Jack Gruber-Pool/Getty Images)In an attempt to defend himself against reports that he has classified documents in his Florida residence, Donald Trump in a statement on Friday (since deleted from his website) said Barack Obama “kept 33 m
Snopes→ Here’s How Government Docs Are Classified to Keep Sensitive Info Safe
There are several degrees of classification.
PolitiFact→ Could Trump argue he declassified the documents found in the Mar-a-Lago search?
The search warrant served on former President Donald Trump has raised some novel legal questions involving national-security classification. Could Trump say he declassified the documents in question before leaving office? We asked legal experts.
Health Feedback→ The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
REVIEW The recent monkeypox outbreak has led to the disease spreading in dozens of countries where it isn’t normally found. There have been over 25,000 cases and a small number of deaths, leading to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy Did NOT See UFOs in July 2019 — Navy Classified Them As ‘Unmanned Aerial Systems’ (Drones)
Did the U.S. Navy encounter real UFOs in July 2019 and shoot "hundreds of bullets" at them? No, that's not true: The Navy defined the objects as "unmanned aerial systems" (UAS), or as news reports described them, drones. The objects were
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this document doesn’t show classified Ukrainian military orders to attack the Donbas region
Classified documents from Ukraine “confirm without a shadow of a doubt” that the Ukraine government was “covertly preparing an offensive operation against Donbas, scheduled for March 2022.”
Snopes→ FBI Releases Newly Declassified Record on Sept. 11 Attacks
The document is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view.
Snopes→ Report: Classified UK Defense Papers Found at Bus Stop
The papers included plans for a possible U.K. military presence in Afghanistan.
Logically→ World Health Organization classified B.1.617 as a COVID-19 variant of concern at the global level.
The B.1.617, first found in India in 2020, is classified as a coronavirus variant of global concern by WHO due to its increased transmissibility.
AFP Fact Check→ United Nations has not classified 18 to 65-year-olds as ‘youth’
Social media posts in South Korea claim the United Nations (UN) has reclassified 18 to 65-year-olds as “youth”. The claim is false: representatives from various UN agencies said there was no such system, and UN publications define “youth” a
Snopes→ Did a ‘Declassified’ Picture Show an Alien UFO Crash?
A picture appeared to show military and government officials closing in on a crashed UFO that looked like a flying saucer alien spacecraft.
Logically→ Donald Trump has declassified the Obamagate documents.
The White House has not declassified or released any files related to the alleged Obamagate scandal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Australians Were NOT Classified As Animals Under The ‘Flora And Fauna Act’ Until The 1960s
Did a law called "The Flora and Fauna Act" classify aboriginal people as animals until Australian voters overturned it in the 1960s? No, that's not true: There is no record a Flora and Fauna Act ever existed. While the historic Australian
Snopes→ Will COVID-19 No Longer Be Classified as an Epidemic?
Report citing the CDC claimed coronavirus death rates in the U.S. were plummeting.
PolitiFact→ Read the declassified whistleblower complaint on Ukraine, Biden and Trump
Until now, the Trump administration has withheld a complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower who did go through the appropriate channels. Before today, the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, refused to disclose t
Washington Post→ President Trump’s repeated claim that Comey ‘leaked classified information’
Comey “said he gave it [his memo] to a friend and he gave it to a friend to leak classified information. It’s all classified. It was totally classified.” — President Trump, in an interview on “Fox and Friends,” April 26, 2018
Washington Post→ President Trump’s repeated claim that Comey ‘leaked classified information’
The president says Comey gave a classified memo to a friend. But it was labeled unclassified — and released with no redactions.
FactCheck.org→ Pluto Not Reclassified as a Planet
Q: Has the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a “major planet”? A: No. That claim was originally published years ago as an April Fool’s joke. FULL ANSWER In 2006, the International Astronomical Union amended th
Snopes→ House Committee Votes to Release Democrats’ Classified Memo
The president now has five days to decide whether to allow the material's publication.
Snopes→ Has Pluto Been Officially Reclassified as a Planet?
The decade-long debate over Pluto's planetary status has provided fodder for April Fool's Day jokes and fake news.
Snopes→ Federal Contractor Charged with Leaking Classified Information to ‘The Intercept’
The leaked documents provided new details about the extent and nature of Russian hacking in the November 2016 U.S. presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Reports say Trump shared highly classified intel with Russian diplomats: What we know so far
Several major news outlets reported Monday that President Donald Trump shared highly classified information with Russian diplomats in a meeting last week. Here’s what we know about the situation so far, as well as some background to put the curre
PolitiFact→ What Donald Trump said about the spread of classified material during the campaign
An explosive Washington Post story published May 15, 2017, accused President Donald Trump of sharing "code-word" classified information with the Russian ambassador to the United States and its foreign minister during an Oval Office meeting. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children 5 And Older CANNOT Consent To Vaccination Under Obamacare Even If They Can Recite Alphabet
Can children 5 years and older consent to vaccination under Obamacare if they can recite the alphabet? No, that's not true: Minors cannot consent to vaccination solely based on their ability to say their ABCs, regardless of the health car