Latest False Fact-checks in Legal Issues 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 Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.” Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters: Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional." Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.” William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event: “Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history." Ron Johnson stated on August 31, 2020 in a statement: Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured. Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address. Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.” Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” Chuck Todd stated on May 10, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void." Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference: Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity." Pete Buttigieg stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta: "The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans." Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The Trump family was disallowed from operating any charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity." Robin Vos stated on August 15, 2019 in a radio interview: The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures." John Ratcliffe stated on July 24, 2019 in a House hearing with Robert Mueller: Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached." Viral image stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant. Dave Griffith stated on February 12, 2019 in a hearing: "Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court." Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election." Nancy Pelosi stated on November 16, 2018 in in a press conference : "There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution." Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.: "Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on." Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
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
Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad." Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.” Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters: Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional." Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.” William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event: “Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history." Ron Johnson stated on August 31, 2020 in a statement: Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured. Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address. Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.” Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” Chuck Todd stated on May 10, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void." Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference: Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity." Pete Buttigieg stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta: "The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans." Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The Trump family was disallowed from operating any charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity." Robin Vos stated on August 15, 2019 in a radio interview: The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures." John Ratcliffe stated on July 24, 2019 in a House hearing with Robert Mueller: Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached." Viral image stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant. Dave Griffith stated on February 12, 2019 in a hearing: "Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court." Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election." Nancy Pelosi stated on November 16, 2018 in in a press conference : "There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution." Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.: "Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on." Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
Glenn Grothman stated on January 4, 2021 in News release: A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “faces espionage charges.”
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2020 in Interview: “We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in Facebook post: “BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.”
Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters: Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”
William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event: “Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
Ron Johnson stated on August 31, 2020 in a statement: Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”
Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.”
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
Chuck Todd stated on May 10, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Attorney General William Barr didn’t cite the "rule of law” in explaining his decision in the Michael Flynn case during a CBS News interview.
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void."
Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference: Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
Pete Buttigieg stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta: "The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."
Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The Trump family was disallowed from operating any charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity."
Robin Vos stated on August 15, 2019 in a radio interview: The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."
John Ratcliffe stated on July 24, 2019 in a House hearing with Robert Mueller: Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."
Viral image stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant.
Dave Griffith stated on February 12, 2019 in a hearing: "Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."
Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election."
Nancy Pelosi stated on November 16, 2018 in in a press conference : "There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution."
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.: "Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
