President Donald Trump falsely suggested that California admitted that “a million votes” were cast as part of “much illegal voting” in that state during the 2016 presidential election. The president made those remarks — an
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Campaign Kickoff Claims
At a rally in Orlando on June 18, President Donald Trump officially launched his reelection campaign. Trump boasted that under his leadership, the country is “thriving, prospering and booming,” and he asked voters for four more years to
FactCheck.org→ Video of ‘We Love Trump’ Chant is From 2018
Quick Take A video clip of a July 2018 rally in support of President Donald Trump has gone viral with the false claim that it is from his June 2019 trip to London. The posts wrongly accuse the media of ignoring the year-old rally to make the president
Snopes→ Feds to Finally Examine 2016 NC Poll Books for Hacking
It is the first known federal probe of voting technology that malfunctioned during the 2016 election, when Russian hackers infiltrated election systems in several states.
PolitiFact→ Introducing PolitiFact’s Mueller Report book club
Editor’s note: Sign up for the book club by signing up for PolitiFact’s weekly email. For quite awhile, Robert S. Mueller III was one of the most mysterious men in Washington. But on May 29, he came before the cameras to make
Snopes→ Judge Now Says US Doesn’t Have to File Flynn Call Transcript
Michael Flynn is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contact with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: John Podesta Did NOT Advise Democrats To Compare Your Opponent To Adolf Hitler In Email Found By Wikileaks
Did Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign chair John Podesta advise Democrats in an email released by Wikileaks to "compare your opponent to Adolf Hitler"? No, That's not true: The quote was taken from a humerous Dave Barry newspaper column was incl
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Rally vs. Live Aid
In May 2019, a suspicious looking meme began to make the usual rounds on social media. It shows a huge crowd of people packing a venue raptly gazing at a stage bearing “Trump 2020” signs on either side, with a third Trump banner over the a
Snopes→ Russia Demands Tinder Give User Data to Secret Services
The dating app will have to cooperate with Russian authorities or face being completely blocked in the country.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Comparing Barr, Mueller Remarks
This fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper compares what special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr have said about Mueller’s decision not to make a determination on whether President Donald Trump committed obstruction
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Response to Mueller
In an impromptu press conference and on Twitter, President Donald Trump responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s remarks about the Russia investigation with several false and questionable claims: Trump suggested that he could not be impeach
PolitiFact→ Mueller spoke. Trump reacted. We fact-checked.
When the Justice Department first unveiled most of Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel report, President Donald Trump praised him as an honorable man. Now, Trump calls Mueller a "true never-Trumper." Mueller delivered a few brief comments
FactCheck.org→ What Mueller, Barr Say About Obstruction of Justice
Special counsel Robert Mueller devoted much of his 10-minute remarks on May 29 to explaining why the special counsel’s office did not reach a determination about whether President Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. Democrats have criticiz
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Propose Tax on Pork Products ‘So Costly Nobody Will Buy Them Anymore’
Did Ilhan Omar propose a tax on pork products so costly nobody will buy them anymore? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to ac
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Rose Garden Speech
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper details several claims President Donald Trump made in a White House Rose Garden speech. The president made misleading and false claims about the special counsel investigation and a House
Snopes→ Fake News Changes Shape as EU Heads Into Elections
Fake news has evolved beyond the playbook used by Russian trolls in the U.S. election.
Snopes→ Butina Saw US Political Analysis as ‘Valuable’ to Russia
Maria Butina admitted to covertly gathering intelligence on the NRA and other groups at the direction of a former Russian lawmaker.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: This Is NOT Video Of Palestinian Terrorists In Gaza Firing 500 Rockets Into Civilian Areas In Israel
Does this video show Palestinian terrorists in Gaza firing 500 rockets into civilian areas in Israel? No, that's not true: This video shows military artillery firing missiles during a training exercise at Polessky firing range in the Republic
Snopes→ Preventing 2020 Campaign Cyberattacks Won’t Be Easy or Cheap
The relative ease with which Russian agents penetrated computers underscores the perilous situation facing campaigns.
FactCheck.org→ Barr’s Testimony, In Context
In testifying about the special counsel’s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, Attorney General William Barr made statements that lacked context or didn’t tell the whole story: Barr said
Truth or Fiction?→ Does a ‘Leaked’ British Intelligence Document Prove Trump Wiretapping Claims?
In April 2019, in the days and weeks following the release of a heavily anticipated (and heavily redacted) Special Counsel’s report on interference into the 2016 United States presidential elections, rumors and speculation reinvigorated a March
FactCheck.org→ Video: Kushner Downplays Russia’s 2016 Actions
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper examines Jared Kushner’s claim that Russia’s 2016 election interference amounted to little more than “a couple Facebook ads.” That’s contradicted by the report from specia
FactCheck.org→ Kushner Distorts Scope of Russia Interference
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report concluded that “[t]he Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion” — contrary to Jared Kushner’s claim that Russia’s effort a
FactCheck.org→ Giuliani’s Obstruction Distortions
In an interview about the Mueller report, Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, distorted the facts in repeatedly making the case that there was “no obstruction” by Trump. Giuliani claimed “there is overwhelmin
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photo Showing Two Men "Smiling" In Front Of Burning Notre Dame Is NOT Doctored (But We Still Don’t Know If They Are "Laughing Muslims")
By Alan Duke and Maarten Schenk - Did the Russian news agency Sputnik digitally insert two smiling men into a photograph taken near the burning Notre Dame cathedral and then publish it as part of their breaking news coverage of the fire? No, t
Snopes→ Easter Feast Arrives at the Space Station
There are three Americans living on the space station, as well as two Russians and one Canadian.
FactCheck.org→ What the Mueller Report Says About Obstruction
In the hours after the public release of the redacted report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller, President Donald Trump took to Twitter with a message that reads, in part, “NO OBSTRUCTION!” That’s not at all what the Mueller repor
Snopes→ The 10 Instances of Possible Obstruction in Mueller Report
On the day after Trump fired Comey, the president told Russian officials that he had “faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”
PolitiFact→ Read the redacted Mueller report
Attorney General Bill Barr released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report about Russian interference and the Trump campaign to Congress and the American people April 18, 2019. Read it below. See Figure 1 on Poli
Snopes→ Polar Bear Gets Lost in Russia, Hundreds of Miles from Home
Russian media reported Wednesday that the animal, which looks exhausted, has somehow ended up in the village Tilichiki on Kamchatka.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misstates Nadler’s Position on Starr Report
President Donald Trump got his facts wrong when he said Rep. Jerrold Nadler “thought the concept of giving the Starr report” about President Bill Clinton “was absolutely something you could never do” in 1998. Nadler wasn’t against releasing a
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misleads on Russia Sanctions
Quick Take A social media post falsely claims that President Donald Trump “immediately dropped our sanctions against Russia” after his election. Full Story Days after Attorney General William P. Barr issued a summary of Special Counsel Ro
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Russia Investigation Repeats
In his first extended interview since the completion of the special counsel probe, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims regarding the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The FBI investigation be
FactCheck.org→ Dossier Not What ‘Started All of This’
In an interview about the special counsel’s report, Rep. John Ratcliffe said that what “started all of this” was “a fake, phony dossier.” But a House Republican intelligence committee memo said it was information about a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Robert Soros (Son of George Soros) NOT Married To Sister of Adam Schiff
Is Robert Soros, the son of George Soros, married to Melissa Schiff, sister of U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D)? No, that's not true: Melissa Schiff is not related to Adam Schiff and the marriage ended in a divorce several years ago. The cl
FactCheck.org→ Conway’s Spin on Trump’s ‘Obstructive Conduct’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway falsely claimed that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report concluded that President Donald Trump engaged in “no — quote — ‘obstructive conduct'” during the Russia investigatio
PolitiFact→ Here’s what we know about the cost of the Mueller investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller ended his investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election without accusing President Donald Trump or his campaign of conspiring or coordinating with the Russian government. Given the favorable outc
PolitiFact→ What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report
Republicans have been having a field day rubbing the Democrats’ noses in the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. As the summary from Attorney General William Barr quoted Mueller’s report, "the investigation
FactCheck.org→ Nadler Gets the Facts Wrong on Russia Probe
Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, misrepresented the facts regarding two key moments in the special counsel’s investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign: Nadler claimed that the email inviting Donald Tru
PolitiFact→ Martha Stewart to Donald Trump: Can there be obstruction of justice with no underlying crime?
In summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference, Attorney General Bill Barr said there were two major questions the investigation examined: whether there was coordination or collusion between the Trump camp