3 People 20814 Fact-checks 6914 Articles People (3) American Commitment Crime Victims United of Oregon CQ Press City Crime Rankings, 2010-2011 Fact-checks (20814) John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." By John Frank• December 18, 2007 Marco Rubio stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release: "Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes." By Julie Kliegman• November 27, 2013 Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW: "Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.” By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026 Viral image stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 14, 2023 Ron Paul stated on November 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.: "Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws." By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2011 Dan Patrick stated on September 03, 2015 in an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard: "100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population." By W. Gardner Selby• October 6, 2015 Paul Gigot stated on December 07, 2019 in an interview: Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed." By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2019 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born." By Chris Nichols• August 3, 2017 Lindsey Graham stated on April 26, 2009 in a TV interview: "The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror." By Robert Farley• April 28, 2009 Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing." By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News: "More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010 Mark Warner stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.: Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes." By Nancy Madsen• October 24, 2014 Bloggers stated on February 21, 2017 in a blog post: "John McCain was pardoned for treason" By Katie Akin• August 27, 2018 John Kline stated on October 08, 2009 in a press release: Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime." By Robert Farley• October 9, 2009 Chain email stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email: "The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court." By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on August 29, 2021 in a CNN interview: The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners. By Miriam Valverde• August 31, 2021 Elizabeth Warren stated on March 07, 2019 in a tweet: "Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison." By Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2014 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Articles (6914) Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide By Louis Jacobson• April 11, 2022 War crime prosecutions in the Russia-Ukraine war: What to expect By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2022 If Donald Trump orders the bombing of Iranian cultural sites, would it be a war crime? By Louis Jacobson• January 6, 2020 Dan Patrick says all crime committed by about 15 percent of population By W. Gardner Selby• October 9, 2015 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is especially lawless. Could Putin be tried for war crimes? By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2022 Who decides when genocide has occurred? The long legal process hinges on proving intent By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek• December 12, 2025 A closer look at claims of treason after Trump's meeting with Russian President Putin By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2018 One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Mailbag: Gas prices, the war in Ukraine, and more By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 Goodbye, Joe By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 4, 2008 Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained By Bill McCarthy• September 13, 2019 In the crossfire: Fact-checking claims about guns By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2015 Recap of Rex Tillerson's Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in North Dakota By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• June 28, 2018 Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2023 Focus on the facts By Robert Farley• April 23, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Super Bowl interview By Allison Graves• February 5, 2017 Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017
John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." By John Frank• December 18, 2007 Marco Rubio stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release: "Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes." By Julie Kliegman• November 27, 2013 Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW: "Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.” By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026 Viral image stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 14, 2023 Ron Paul stated on November 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.: "Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws." By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2011 Dan Patrick stated on September 03, 2015 in an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard: "100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population." By W. Gardner Selby• October 6, 2015 Paul Gigot stated on December 07, 2019 in an interview: Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed." By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2019 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born." By Chris Nichols• August 3, 2017 Lindsey Graham stated on April 26, 2009 in a TV interview: "The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror." By Robert Farley• April 28, 2009 Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing." By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News: "More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010 Mark Warner stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.: Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes." By Nancy Madsen• October 24, 2014 Bloggers stated on February 21, 2017 in a blog post: "John McCain was pardoned for treason" By Katie Akin• August 27, 2018 John Kline stated on October 08, 2009 in a press release: Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime." By Robert Farley• October 9, 2009 Chain email stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email: "The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court." By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on August 29, 2021 in a CNN interview: The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners. By Miriam Valverde• August 31, 2021 Elizabeth Warren stated on March 07, 2019 in a tweet: "Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison." By Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2014 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide By Louis Jacobson• April 11, 2022 War crime prosecutions in the Russia-Ukraine war: What to expect By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2022 If Donald Trump orders the bombing of Iranian cultural sites, would it be a war crime? By Louis Jacobson• January 6, 2020 Dan Patrick says all crime committed by about 15 percent of population By W. Gardner Selby• October 9, 2015 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is especially lawless. Could Putin be tried for war crimes? By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2022 Who decides when genocide has occurred? The long legal process hinges on proving intent By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek• December 12, 2025 A closer look at claims of treason after Trump's meeting with Russian President Putin By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2018 One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023 Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025 Mailbag: Gas prices, the war in Ukraine, and more By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 Goodbye, Joe By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 4, 2008 Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained By Bill McCarthy• September 13, 2019 In the crossfire: Fact-checking claims about guns By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2015 Recap of Rex Tillerson's Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde• January 12, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in North Dakota By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• June 28, 2018 Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2023 Focus on the facts By Robert Farley• April 23, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Super Bowl interview By Allison Graves• February 5, 2017 Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017
