Latest Fact-checks in Crime Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2023 in a speech in Alabama: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.” Instagram posts stated on May 24, 2023 in an Instagram post: A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.” Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.” Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post: People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24. Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk. Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook: “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá. X posts stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” William Barclay stated on March 7, 2023 in a tweet: “A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social: Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level." Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.” Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives. Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting." Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint. Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post: Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out. Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. X posts stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet: The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.” Yesli Vega stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.: They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
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Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2023 in a speech in Alabama: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.” Instagram posts stated on May 24, 2023 in an Instagram post: A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.” Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.” Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post: People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24. Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk. Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook: “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá. X posts stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” William Barclay stated on March 7, 2023 in a tweet: “A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social: Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level." Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.” Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives. Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting." Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint. Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post: Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out. Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. X posts stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet: The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.” Yesli Vega stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.: They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2023 in a speech in Alabama: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.”
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post: “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.”
Instagram posts stated on May 24, 2023 in an Instagram post: A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.”
Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union": “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post: People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24.
Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.
X posts stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet: “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook: “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá.
X posts stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident
Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.
Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
William Barclay stated on March 7, 2023 in a tweet: “A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.”
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social: Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level."
Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”
Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint.
Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post: Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out.
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.: “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Yesli Vega stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.: They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
