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Instagram posts stated on February 10, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025
X posts stated on December 01, 2024 in a post:
Kash Patel posted on X that “the FBI is gay.”
By Sara Swann• December 2, 2024
Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk announces January 20th as the date for bombshell release of Diddy and Epstein client list.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 4, 2024
X posts stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post:
The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.
By Maria Briceño• May 23, 2025
Sean Hannity stated on June 09, 2022 in a TV segment:
“Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol" before Jan. 6, 2021, but was "rejected" by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2022
Matt Gaetz stated on September 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Image shows a Rebekah Jones campaign event.
By Yacob Reyes• September 19, 2022
Kash Patel stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2026
Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
By Samantha Putterman• September 30, 2025
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2025 in a post:
Conservative activist Laura Loomer’s reporting proves “Alex Wong is the individual who added (journalist) Jeffrey Goldberg” to the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
By Madison Czopek• April 4, 2025
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second 2016 presidential debate:
Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 10, 2016
Ron DeSantis stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview on Fox News:
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn• July 19, 2018
Ashley Moody stated on January 30, 2025 in a hearing:
The National Human Trafficking Hotline “in the last four years decided that they would no longer report tips to law enforcement, that they would take a more victim-centered approach.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 4, 2025
Social Media stated on December 15, 2025 in in social media posts:
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
By Jeff Cercone• December 19, 2025
Laura Loomer stated on December 15, 2025 in an X post:
Image shows Rob Reiner tweeted in 2023 that he would stop posting until “Trump goes to prison.”
By Maria Briceño• December 17, 2025
House Republican Conference stated on March 23, 2009 in a blog post.:
Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"
By Alexander Lane• March 24, 2009
Social Media stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post:
President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion.
By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero• August 5, 2025
Jon Ossoff stated on February 20, 2017 in a campaign appearance:
"I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
By Louis Jacobson• April 3, 2017
Newt Gingrich stated on June 22, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagan’s staff quit."
By Willoughby Mariano• June 29, 2011
Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“This whole COVID thing? It’s a SIMULATION.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 17, 2020

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