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False

The WH doesn't control that webcam

Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

Pants on Fire!

Clearly wrong

Trump

"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

False

The later edition reflects Trump's change in tone after his speech

Viral image

Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

False

Not the biggest donor, not the same oligarch

Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Half-True

No evidence for the second part of this claim

Preckwinkle

Toni Preckwinkle

Says she "made sure Laquan McDonald’s autopsy went public" and "called for the dash cam footage to be released."

— PolitiFact Illinois on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019