6 People 5533 Fact-checks 1831 Articles People (6) Julie Pace Julie Parrish Julie Gunnigle Julie Lassa Julie Mayfield Julie Su Fact-checks (5533) Bloggers stated on July 06, 2017 in a blog post: "Kim Jong Un dead: North Koreans calling Trump an assassin" By Miriam Valverde• July 20, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Viral image stated on July 07, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was going to “expose Clinton Foundation fraud” before he was assassinated. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021 Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. By Loreben Tuquero• July 25, 2024 Viral image stated on July 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says CNN reported that Joe Biden authorized “a U.S. intervention in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021 Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a photo: “They still haven’t cracked” Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 6, 2025 Bloggers stated on November 01, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "Barron Trump was born in March 2006 and Melania wasn’t a legal citizen until July 2006. So under this executive order, his own son wouldn’t be an American citizen." By Ciara O'Rourke• November 4, 2018 Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Shinzo Abe was assassinated because he “didn’t mandate vaccines, sent 1.6 million doses back and gave citizens ivermectin.” By Bill McCarthy• July 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024 Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts: ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. By Jeff Cercone• July 26, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2021 in an Instagram post: “In a now deleted Telegram post, former President Trump congratulated the Navy Seals on a ‘perfect beautiful whack’" in Haiti. By Jason Asenso• July 9, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2024 in a post: Images show FBI assistant director Janeen DiGuiseppi seated behind former President Donald Trump during his assassination attempt. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 23, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Says former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “I hope that America obliterates Israel.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post: Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024 Social Media stated on February 10, 2025 in in social media posts: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.” By Jeff Cercone• February 14, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2023 in a video: There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada. By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2023 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024 Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance: Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’” By Madeline Heim• July 17, 2024 Articles (1831) Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest By Jeff Cercone• October 14, 2024 Trump rally shooting put scrutiny on Secret Service women, diversity efforts. Here are the facts. By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek• July 22, 2024 Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists? By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016 Trump apparent assassination attempt: What we know about suspect Ryan Routh's party affiliation By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Amy Sherman• September 17, 2024 Texas top 5: Government surveys and Obama drone strikes By W. Gardner Selby• April 2, 2014 Examining Japan's gun laws after Shinzo Abe assassination By Sara Swann• July 25, 2022 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Could President Biden use the 14th Amendment to head off a debt default? By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2023 Could the 14th Amendment be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot? By Louis Jacobson• September 6, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 Congress could try barring Trump from office under 14th Amendment, but it likely won’t By Caleb McCullough• November 7, 2024 'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• June 24, 2022
Bloggers stated on July 06, 2017 in a blog post: "Kim Jong Un dead: North Koreans calling Trump an assassin" By Miriam Valverde• July 20, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Viral image stated on July 07, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was going to “expose Clinton Foundation fraud” before he was assassinated. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021 Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. By Loreben Tuquero• July 25, 2024 Viral image stated on July 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says CNN reported that Joe Biden authorized “a U.S. intervention in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021 Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a photo: “They still haven’t cracked” Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 6, 2025 Bloggers stated on November 01, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "Barron Trump was born in March 2006 and Melania wasn’t a legal citizen until July 2006. So under this executive order, his own son wouldn’t be an American citizen." By Ciara O'Rourke• November 4, 2018 Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Shinzo Abe was assassinated because he “didn’t mandate vaccines, sent 1.6 million doses back and gave citizens ivermectin.” By Bill McCarthy• July 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024 Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts: ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. By Jeff Cercone• July 26, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2021 in an Instagram post: “In a now deleted Telegram post, former President Trump congratulated the Navy Seals on a ‘perfect beautiful whack’" in Haiti. By Jason Asenso• July 9, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2024 in a post: Images show FBI assistant director Janeen DiGuiseppi seated behind former President Donald Trump during his assassination attempt. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 23, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Says former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “I hope that America obliterates Israel.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post: Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024 Social Media stated on February 10, 2025 in in social media posts: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.” By Jeff Cercone• February 14, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2023 in a video: There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada. By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2023 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024 Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance: Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’” By Madeline Heim• July 17, 2024
Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 A ‘third assassination attempt’ against Trump? Here’s what we know about California arrest By Jeff Cercone• October 14, 2024 Trump rally shooting put scrutiny on Secret Service women, diversity efforts. Here are the facts. By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek• July 22, 2024 Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists? By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016 Trump apparent assassination attempt: What we know about suspect Ryan Routh's party affiliation By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Amy Sherman• September 17, 2024 Texas top 5: Government surveys and Obama drone strikes By W. Gardner Selby• April 2, 2014 Examining Japan's gun laws after Shinzo Abe assassination By Sara Swann• July 25, 2022 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Could President Biden use the 14th Amendment to head off a debt default? By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2023 Could the 14th Amendment be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot? By Louis Jacobson• September 6, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 Congress could try barring Trump from office under 14th Amendment, but it likely won’t By Caleb McCullough• November 7, 2024 'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking 5 claims in the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• June 24, 2022
