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Amy Klobuchar stated on December 05, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
By Louis Jacobson• December 9, 2021
Donald Trump stated on January 07, 2025 in a press conference:
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
By Amy Sherman• January 7, 2025
Tomi Lahren stated on July 25, 2022 in a tweet:
“Biden wants to give illegals ID cards so they can start collecting American benefits.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 5, 2022
Bernie Sanders stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall.:
"In my own state of Vermont, from the very first days of our state's history, what our Constitution says is that everybody can vote. That is true. So people in jail can vote."
By Ellie French• April 24, 2019
Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:
Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 28, 2025
Barack Obama stated on February 06, 2011 in an interview on Fox:
Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."
By Robert Farley• February 8, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2017 in a tweet:
"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield."
By Lauren Carroll• March 7, 2017
Rebecca Dallet stated on February 02, 2018 in a TV interview:
Says Supreme Court rival Michael Screnock "is running with the Koch brothers support."
By D.L. Davis• March 29, 2018
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Social media post claims judge in Trump’s defamation trial engaged in “election interference” by delaying the trial to New Hampshire’s primary day.
By Madison Czopek• January 25, 2024
Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a post on Threads:
20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024.
By Madison Czopek• November 7, 2024
George Allen stated on July 21, 2012 in a debate.:
"When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget."
By Nancy Madsen• August 7, 2012
Friends of Democracy stated on August 21, 2012 in an advertisement aired in and around New Hampshire:
"Your Congressman, Charlie Bass, took over $166,000 from Big Oil."
By Jake Berry• August 23, 2012
Donald Trump stated on November 17, 2020 in a fundraising email:
Says Georgia’s secretary of state won’t let the people recounting ballots check the signatures for fraud.
By Jon Greenberg• November 18, 2020
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”
By Madison Czopek• June 18, 2024
Mitch McConnell stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech:
Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered
By Paul Specht• March 7, 2019
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:
Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 2, 2024
Jack Posobiec stated on August 01, 2023 in a tweet:
Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”
By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2023
Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.:
"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."
By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008
Kirk Cox stated on April 20, 2016 in a floor speech.:
"In two years, Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms."
By Warren Fiske• May 2, 2016
Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2023 in a video:
“Justin Trudeau is being investigated by the (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).”
By Andy Nguyen• July 7, 2023

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2020 election lawsuits and ballot access: what you need to know

By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2020

Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies

By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021

The fallout from spreading election falsehoods: lawsuits, settlements and bankruptcy filings

By Madison Czopek• June 13, 2024

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 2, 2022

Much has changed since Jimmy Carter’s report on fraud in mail voting

By Amy Sherman• September 22, 2021

‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

By Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2021

7 questions about Obama's Supreme Court nomination

By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 16, 2016

What’s Allowed And What’s Not At Voting Sites In California?

By Chris Nichols• October 2, 2020

Was ‘Democracy in the Park’ illegal?

By Eric Litke• March 10, 2021

The Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• October 18, 2021

Fact-checking Trump’s visit to Wisconsin

By Eric Litke• June 26, 2020

Marco Rubio said someone could blow up a ballot drop box, ignoring safe track record

By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• October 19, 2022

Fact-checking the Florida constitutional amendments

By John Bartosek, Laura Figueroa, Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman, Cristina Silva• October 28, 2010

Fact-checking the Dec. 13 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• December 13, 2015

How ‘stop the steal’ Republicans seeking office hope to restrict voting

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 7, 2022

Congress urges tech giants to fortify against foreign meddling before next election

By John Kruzel• November 3, 2017

Fact-checking the Trump administration’s claims about Kilmar Abrego Garcia

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• August 25, 2025

The legal fight over NC gerrymandering isn’t over. How we got here, and what’s next.

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 2, 2019

Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters

By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2022

What’s in Florida’s new election law?

By Lawrence Mower, Amy Sherman• June 2, 2021