32 People 13629 Fact-checks 4420 Articles People (32) Wisconsin Humane Society Dustin Inman Society John Birch Society Wisconsin Medical Society Town hall audience member Peter Barca Peter DeFazio Peter Kilmartin Peter Kinder Peter McCollough Peter Navarro Scott Peters Gary Peters Stew Peters Kathleen Peters Ralph Peters Peter Roskam Peter Beinart Peter Courtney Peter Feigin Fact-checks (13629) Jim Lamon stated on June 02, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” By Ellie Borst• June 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021 Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 02, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.” By Madison Czopek• May 4, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: “They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!” By Tom Kertscher• December 16, 2021 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video: The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden." By Jon Greenberg• August 22, 2012 Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 Common Sense Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.” By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2021 Lynn Westmoreland stated on June 20, 2013 in an article: "It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so." By Eric Stirgus• July 8, 2013 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 Independent Voice for Illinois PAC stated on August 09, 2016 in an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth: "...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted ‘yes’ (on the Iran nuclear deal)." By Marc Filippino• August 23, 2016 Reader stated on October 24, 2015 in a Tweet to PolitiFact Georgia: "How is a misogynist bigot of epic proportions (like U.S. Rep. Steven Smith) allowed to serve?" By April Hunt• October 28, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on June 09, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States." By Becky Bowers• June 13, 2013 Tom Cole stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this." By Becky Bowers• August 2, 2013 Bloggers stated on March 14, 2022 in an article: "Documents were published confirming Moderna created the COVID-19 Virus.” By Jeff Cercone• March 24, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.” By Tom Kertscher• March 13, 2020 Facebook posts stated on August 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: “King Charles exposed at Buckingham Palace as ancient reptilian shapeshifter.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2023 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations." By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012 X posts stated on May 14, 2024 in a social media post: North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.” By Paul Specht• May 22, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in an image: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said “defending Trump is more important than the United States.” By Daniel Funke• February 25, 2020 Articles (4420) Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 In Context: Ron Johnson's 'secret society' By Tom Kertscher• January 25, 2018 Fact-checking Matt Gaetz's CNN comments about Immaculate Conception, missing FBI texts By Allison Graves• January 25, 2018 Are leaks about Russia contacts 'illegal,' as Trump says? By Lauren Carroll• February 20, 2017 James Clapper's testimony one year later By Steve Contorno• March 11, 2014 By the numbers: How common are data breaches — and what can you do about them? By Daniel Funke• September 23, 2019 Donald Trump: Comey's leak of memo 'totally illegal?' By Miriam Valverde• June 11, 2017 Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump? By Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight• October 7, 2020 Fact-checking President Trump’s attorney after Comey's testimony By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• June 9, 2017 What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 What the law says about James Comey’s leaked memos By John Kruzel• April 24, 2018 Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2025 What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know By Madison Czopek• August 5, 2022 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion? By Bill McCarthy• May 5, 2022 Senate health care bill's two-front war: Policy and process By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2017 RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Know who’s talking to you: A guide to interpreting Facebook political ads By Jon Greenberg• January 26, 2022 Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race By Jon Greenberg• November 4, 2022 Was there a double standard on the investigations of David Petraeus and Hillary Clinton? By Adam Thorp• July 7, 2016
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Jim Lamon stated on June 02, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” By Ellie Borst• June 16, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021 Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 02, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.” By Madison Czopek• May 4, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 08, 2021 in a Facebook post: “They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!” By Tom Kertscher• December 16, 2021 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video: The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden." By Jon Greenberg• August 22, 2012 Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 Common Sense Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.” By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2021 Lynn Westmoreland stated on June 20, 2013 in an article: "It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so." By Eric Stirgus• July 8, 2013 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 Independent Voice for Illinois PAC stated on August 09, 2016 in an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth: "...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted ‘yes’ (on the Iran nuclear deal)." By Marc Filippino• August 23, 2016 Reader stated on October 24, 2015 in a Tweet to PolitiFact Georgia: "How is a misogynist bigot of epic proportions (like U.S. Rep. Steven Smith) allowed to serve?" By April Hunt• October 28, 2015 Mike Rogers stated on June 09, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week": "It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States." By Becky Bowers• June 13, 2013 Tom Cole stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview: Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this." By Becky Bowers• August 2, 2013 Bloggers stated on March 14, 2022 in an article: "Documents were published confirming Moderna created the COVID-19 Virus.” By Jeff Cercone• March 24, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.” By Tom Kertscher• March 13, 2020 Facebook posts stated on August 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: “King Charles exposed at Buckingham Palace as ancient reptilian shapeshifter.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2023 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations." By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012 X posts stated on May 14, 2024 in a social media post: North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.” By Paul Specht• May 22, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in an image: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said “defending Trump is more important than the United States.” By Daniel Funke• February 25, 2020
Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 In Context: Ron Johnson's 'secret society' By Tom Kertscher• January 25, 2018 Fact-checking Matt Gaetz's CNN comments about Immaculate Conception, missing FBI texts By Allison Graves• January 25, 2018 Are leaks about Russia contacts 'illegal,' as Trump says? By Lauren Carroll• February 20, 2017 James Clapper's testimony one year later By Steve Contorno• March 11, 2014 By the numbers: How common are data breaches — and what can you do about them? By Daniel Funke• September 23, 2019 Donald Trump: Comey's leak of memo 'totally illegal?' By Miriam Valverde• June 11, 2017 Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump? By Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight• October 7, 2020 Fact-checking President Trump’s attorney after Comey's testimony By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• June 9, 2017 What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 What the law says about James Comey’s leaked memos By John Kruzel• April 24, 2018 Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2025 What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know By Madison Czopek• August 5, 2022 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion? By Bill McCarthy• May 5, 2022 Senate health care bill's two-front war: Policy and process By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2017 RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Know who’s talking to you: A guide to interpreting Facebook political ads By Jon Greenberg• January 26, 2022 Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race By Jon Greenberg• November 4, 2022 Was there a double standard on the investigations of David Petraeus and Hillary Clinton? By Adam Thorp• July 7, 2016
