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Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.

By Samantha Putterman• April 14, 2022

Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Leftist justice reform” is the reason that the NYC subway shooting suspect wasn’t in jail at the time of the attack.

By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022

X posts stated on March 18, 2023 in a tweet:

Photo shows former President Donald Trump detained by police.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 20, 2023

Marc Molinaro stated on September 14, 2018 in in a news conference:

Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is "stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 21, 2018

TikTok posts stated on March 24, 2023 in a TikTok video:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”

By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2023

Viral image stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.

By Samantha Putterman• April 7, 2020

TikTok posts stated on June 05, 2020 in on social media:

“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.

By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider• August 12, 2020

Michael McCaul stated on October 31, 2017 in an interview by Fox News:

Says the New York bike path assault "was the ninth vehicle assault used by ISIS."

By W. Gardner Selby• November 10, 2017

Bloggers stated on May 02, 2017 in a web post on ihavethetruth.com:

A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 10, 2017

Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos• April 8, 2023

Tom Suozzi stated on January 21, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”

By Tyler Smith, Jonny Walker• March 16, 2022

Threads posts stated on September 16, 2024 in Threads post:

Images show Sean Combs’ booking photos after Sept. 16 arrest.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 18, 2024

Facebook posts stated on December 23, 2024 in A Facebook post:

“The subway burning victim's name was Amelia Carter.”

By Maria Briceño• January 2, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2018 in a rally in Murphysboro, Ill.:

Says he didn't cancel a political rally because after Sept. 11, "the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day."

By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2018

Fran Lebowitz stated on February 20, 2015 in a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.

By Katie Sanders• April 1, 2015

Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in a debate:

“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 13, 2023

Nick Schroer stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:

"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."

By Katelyn Brown• November 18, 2017

Donald Trump stated on June 18, 2019 in remarks to reporters on the White House South Lawn.:

Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt."

By Jon Greenberg• June 24, 2019

Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says LeBron James said, “We’re at the point where a girl can’t even stab her friends anymore.”

By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2021

Greg Gutfeld stated on March 10, 2015 in a commentary on Fox News.:

Under New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, homicides are up by 20 percent, and subway delays have soared 45 percent.

By Jon Greenberg• March 23, 2015

The list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t cover — but they did

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017

What is an indictment and what does it mean for Donald Trump?

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• March 31, 2023

Donald Trump indictment in Manhattan: A roundup of PolitiFact’s fact-checks, stories and explainers

By Samantha Putterman• April 3, 2023

Timeline: What Donald Trump has said about Stormy Daniels and $130,000 payment

By Becca Schimmel, Amy Sherman• March 21, 2023

Have sex crimes on New York City's subway increased under de Blasio?

By Dan Clark• October 27, 2017

Trump’s indictment, explained: Falsifying business records, prosecutors’ challenges, and what’s next

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 5, 2023

New York state of mind

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• April 6, 2015

Don't fall for these fake Donald Trump mug shots. He didn't take one.

By Gabrielle Settles• April 5, 2023

Trump says the FEC saw no merit in Stormy Daniels-related case. Here’s why that’s misleading.

By Amy Sherman• May 8, 2024

The conflicting stories about a woman in a wheelchair in the middle of Minneapolis protests

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 29, 2020

Fact-checking Trump’s speech at Trump Tower after New York felony conviction

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 31, 2024

Read the 34 felony charges in the Donald Trump indictment over the Stormy Daniels payoff

By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2023

Here’s what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said about Donald Trump during his DA campaign

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• April 12, 2023

Did Donald Trump ever apologize to the ‘Central Park Five’?

By Conor Amendola• July 25, 2023

A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 11, 2024

Why did it take the DOJ more than two years to indict Donald Trump in the 2020 election case?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero• August 3, 2023

Read indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia 2020 election case

By PolitiFact Staff • August 15, 2023

Fact-checking misinformation about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis

By PolitiFact Staff • May 29, 2020

Impeachment over, Donald Trump faces more investigations

By Jon Greenberg• February 13, 2021

Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists?

By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016

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