0 People 78 Fact-checks 24 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (78) Patrick Leahy stated on March 08, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed." By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2017 Terry McAuliffe stated on December 05, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. By Nancy Madsen• January 24, 2013 Ken Cuccinelli stated on August 22, 2013 in a TV ad.: "There’s only one candidate under investigation -- Terry McAuliffe." By Nancy Madsen• September 3, 2013 Jeff Greene stated on June 22, 2010 in a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate: "We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs." By Cristina Silva• June 29, 2010 Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.” By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2021 Steven King stated on January 05, 2014 in a TV interview: "We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park. By John Hill• January 22, 2014 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference: "In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons." By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018 Scott Walker stated on February 01, 2011 in the State of the State speech: Most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average By Dave Umhoefer• February 8, 2011 George Will stated on February 20, 2011 in ABC's "This Week": If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts. By Robert Farley• February 21, 2011 Arsalan Iftikhar stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": "59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim." By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015 Jerry Patterson stated on April 27, 2010 in a newspaper column: "We’re making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but it’s no secret that oil production in Texas peaked in the 1970s." By W. Gardner Selby• May 2, 2010 Charles Schumer stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office." By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2017 Newt Gingrich stated on September 24, 2013 in on CNN's "Crossfire": "(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it." By Julie Kliegman• September 26, 2013 Ted Cruz stated on April 21, 2016 in an online campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president." By Dylan Baddour• May 27, 2016 Juan Williams stated on August 03, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2014 Ed Schultz stated on November 05, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show": Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers. By Jon Greenberg• November 7, 2013 Rudy Giuliani stated on November 02, 2007 in a television interview.: "America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence." By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007 Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes." By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018 Bernie Sanders stated on January 19, 2016 in a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.: "Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 26, 2016 Town hall audience member stated on September 17, 2015 in a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.: "You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American." By Lauren Carroll• September 18, 2015 Articles (24) PolitiFact Sheet: Jared Kushner, Kushner Companies, EB-5 visas and Chinese investors By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2017 McAuliffe's car troubles persist By Nancy Madsen• August 11, 2013 In Context: Russ Feingold saying Hillary Clinton is trustworthy By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016 New video or not, Clinton claim about ISIS using Trump in video is still False By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2016 The Obama Muslim Myth: The Clinton connection By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2015 Title 42 expiration: What's next for migrants applying for asylum at US’ southern border? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2023 The intel numbers game By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007 An early look at debate jabs from Gillespie, Warner By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• October 8, 2014 These are PolitiFact's top 10 most-read fact-checks of Donald Trump By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 1, 2024 How Iran and the United States came to the brink By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2020 Expira Título 42: ¿Qué sigue para los migrantes que piden asilo en la frontera de EEUU? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2023 Fact-checking Hillary Clinton on 'Meet the Press' By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu• May 22, 2016 Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it By Arthur Allen• March 11, 2024 Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination By Lyle Muller• May 10, 2022 Meet the 'zombie stat' that just won't die By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2014 Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, New Hampshire By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2020 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2014 Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019
Patrick Leahy stated on March 08, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed." By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2017 Terry McAuliffe stated on December 05, 2012 in a news conference.: Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant. By Nancy Madsen• January 24, 2013 Ken Cuccinelli stated on August 22, 2013 in a TV ad.: "There’s only one candidate under investigation -- Terry McAuliffe." By Nancy Madsen• September 3, 2013 Jeff Greene stated on June 22, 2010 in a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate: "We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs." By Cristina Silva• June 29, 2010 Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.” By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2021 Steven King stated on January 05, 2014 in a TV interview: "We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park. By John Hill• January 22, 2014 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference: "In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons." By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018 Scott Walker stated on February 01, 2011 in the State of the State speech: Most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average By Dave Umhoefer• February 8, 2011 George Will stated on February 20, 2011 in ABC's "This Week": If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts. By Robert Farley• February 21, 2011 Arsalan Iftikhar stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": "59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim." By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015 Jerry Patterson stated on April 27, 2010 in a newspaper column: "We’re making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but it’s no secret that oil production in Texas peaked in the 1970s." By W. Gardner Selby• May 2, 2010 Charles Schumer stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office." By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2017 Newt Gingrich stated on September 24, 2013 in on CNN's "Crossfire": "(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it." By Julie Kliegman• September 26, 2013 Ted Cruz stated on April 21, 2016 in an online campaign ad: Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president." By Dylan Baddour• May 27, 2016 Juan Williams stated on August 03, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party." By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2014 Ed Schultz stated on November 05, 2013 in a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show": Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers. By Jon Greenberg• November 7, 2013 Rudy Giuliani stated on November 02, 2007 in a television interview.: "America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence." By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007 Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes." By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018 Bernie Sanders stated on January 19, 2016 in a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.: "Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 26, 2016 Town hall audience member stated on September 17, 2015 in a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.: "You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American." By Lauren Carroll• September 18, 2015
PolitiFact Sheet: Jared Kushner, Kushner Companies, EB-5 visas and Chinese investors By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2017 McAuliffe's car troubles persist By Nancy Madsen• August 11, 2013 In Context: Russ Feingold saying Hillary Clinton is trustworthy By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016 New video or not, Clinton claim about ISIS using Trump in video is still False By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2016 The Obama Muslim Myth: The Clinton connection By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2015 Title 42 expiration: What's next for migrants applying for asylum at US’ southern border? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2023 The intel numbers game By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007 An early look at debate jabs from Gillespie, Warner By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• October 8, 2014 These are PolitiFact's top 10 most-read fact-checks of Donald Trump By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 1, 2024 How Iran and the United States came to the brink By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2020 Expira Título 42: ¿Qué sigue para los migrantes que piden asilo en la frontera de EEUU? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 8, 2023 Fact-checking Hillary Clinton on 'Meet the Press' By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu• May 22, 2016 Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it By Arthur Allen• March 11, 2024 Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination By Lyle Muller• May 10, 2022 Meet the 'zombie stat' that just won't die By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2014 Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, New Hampshire By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2020 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2014 Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019
