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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 July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters:

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels• July 18, 2025

Barack Obama stated on April 11, 2014 in a speech:

The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."

By Amy Sherman• April 23, 2014

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

Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 6, 2020

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

Arizona Senate “indicted” Gov. Katie Hobbs.

By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2023

Bloggers stated on July 02, 2014 in blog postings:

The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.

By James B. Nelson• July 20, 2014

Roy Blunt stated on November 19, 2017 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."

By Emily McCarter• December 8, 2017

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

Power to the Patients stated on April 19, 2022 in a television ad:

About a federal hospital price transparency requirement, “Nobody’s enforcing that law.”

By Julie Appleby• August 9, 2022

Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.”

By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2020

Instagram posts stated on November 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:

President-elect Donald Trump “has been to Epstein’s island”

By Caleb McCullough• November 8, 2024

Cheri Beasley stated on August 02, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”

By Paul Specht• September 1, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2020

Kamala Harris stated on September 04, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall:

Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.

By Chris Nichols• September 6, 2019

Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview:

“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”

By Sevana Wenn• June 22, 2023

For Our Daughters RI stated on January 02, 2014 in an online petition:

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 5, 2014

Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.”

By Tom Kertscher• June 3, 2020

Katie Pavlich stated on June 18, 2014 in an article on Townhall.com:

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes."

By Katie Sanders• August 5, 2014

North Carolina Democratic Party stated on December 27, 2018 in a tweet:

Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."

By Paul Specht• January 7, 2019

Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2024 in a speech:

“Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 15, 2024

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