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Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“James Comey has 50 counts of TREASON. And John Brennan has 48 counts of TREASON.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2020

Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview:

Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."

By Eric Litke• November 26, 2019

Donald Trump stated on April 16, 2024 in statement to the media in New York City:

“This trial that I have now, that’s a Biden trial.”

By Amy Sherman• April 19, 2024

John Ratcliffe stated on July 24, 2019 in a House hearing with Robert Mueller:

Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."

By Jon Greenberg• July 24, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet:

"58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote."

By Amy Sherman• January 28, 2019

Brian Fitzpatrick stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2023

X posts stated on June 11, 2024 in in X posts:

Hunter Biden’s trial and conviction were contrived to divert attention from Biden family crimes.

By Jeff Cercone• June 14, 2024

X posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash."

By Paul Specht• March 29, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2024 in a speech:

“That’s why they are allowing these people to come in — people that don’t speak our language — they are signing them up to vote.”

By Amy Sherman• January 12, 2024

Kat Cammack stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• March 2, 2023

Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

By Amy Sherman• November 1, 2022

Charlie Kirk stated on August 02, 2023 in a video:

Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”

By Madison Czopek• August 9, 2023

Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says President Donald Trump "fired Lt. Col. Vindman because he testified agaisnt (sic) him and corroborated the Whistleblowers (sic) testimony."

By Daniel Funke• November 21, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2026 in a speech in Detroit:

"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 13, 2026

Viral image stated on May 02, 2019 in social media posts:

When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.

By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2019

Mary Burke stated on October 21, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 23, 2014

Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:

The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”

By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026

Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate:

A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."

By Tom Kertscher• October 22, 2015

David Harris Jr. stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."

By Tom Kertscher• July 17, 2023

Jimmy Carter stated on June 23, 2013 in an interview:

"(T)he United States government and its Constitution says that people can be put to death."

By Eric Stirgus• July 1, 2013

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