Search – PolitiFact

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

Search results for 'MAJOR Update on Trump Affair'

0 People

21 Fact-checks

33 Articles

People (0)

Sorry, no results were found

Fact-checks (21)

Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:

In Venezuela, "We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they."

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026

Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2026

Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:

“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.

By Samantha Putterman • August 5, 2025

Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video:

“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”

By Michelle Andrews • October 2, 2023

Lindsey Graham stated on October 24, 2019 in a Senate resolution:

Says House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are "denying President Trump basic fairness and due process accorded every American."

By Bill McCarthy • October 28, 2019

Donald Trump stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech:

"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."

By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019

Conservative Daily Post stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:

"Trump declares globalist Soros as ‘national security threat’ using Obama’s 2014 executive order."

By Amy Sherman • February 19, 2018

Donald Trump stated on February 2, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017

Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 2, 2025

Michael McCaul stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border

By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024

Kevin McCarthy stated on September 12, 2023 in a news conference:

“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”

By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2023

America First Legal stated on October 9, 2022 in a radio advertisement:

"Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals."

By Blake Farmer • November 8, 2022

Instagram posts stated on October 5, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The "Department of Homeland Security and the State Department coordinated with a group called the ‘Election Integrity Partnership’ to censor Joe Biden’s opponents.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 11, 2022

Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:

Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."

By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022

X posts stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet:

“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 5, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in an image:

Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”

By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020

Julián Castro stated on October 29, 2017 in a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post:

Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.

By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018

If You Only News stated on December 4, 2016 in a news-entertainment web post:

"Emboldened by election, Texas Republicans kill Medicaid funding for kids with disabilities."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2016

View all 21 Factchecks

Articles (33)

A street on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of Washington, DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 6, 2025

Avocadoes at a packing plant in Mexico in 2024

Can President-elect Donald Trump enact tariffs without Congress? And can anyone stop him?

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2024

Trump in Erie, PA, for promise story, 9-29-2024

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises: Here’s his vision for a second term

By Ian McKinney, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2024

Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues

By Grace Abels • June 18, 2024

Fact-checking the House impeachment debate about Trump, Capitol riot

By Jon Greenberg • January 13, 2021

Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2020

Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, Trump: 9 questions about impeachment

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2019

Timeline: The Trump impeachment inquiry

By Bill McCarthy, John Kruzel • October 3, 2019

Donald Trump national emergency press conference

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s claims about a national emergency

By PolitiFact Staff • February 15, 2019

A look at White House turnover under Trump, Obama following Scott Pruitt’s exit

By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018

Trump and pardoning Joe Arpaio: What to know about the process

By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2017

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s inaugural address

By Linda Qiu • January 20, 2017

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians amid destruction in Gaza City 11-25-25

Who decides when genocide has occurred? The long legal process hinges on proving intent

By Grace Abels, Madison Czopek • December 12, 2025

AOC and Bernie Sanders at Fighting Oligarchy rally in Tempe

Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 21, 2025

Elon Musk holding chainsaw CPAC 02-20-2025

DOGE touts billions in canceled government contracts. Where are the numbers coming from?

By Caleb McCullough • February 21, 2025

People listen to AI seminar in Cumming, Georgia, 06-25-2024

‘Not the AI election’: Why artificial intelligence did not define the 2024 campaign

By Loreben Tuquero • December 19, 2024

Census 2020 Supreme Court protest in Washington, 4-23-2019

More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed

By Jeff Cercone • March 25, 2024

GOP candidates onstage, Simi Valley, Calif., 9-27-2023

Fact-check: Republican candidates spar on immigration, crime, economy in second debate

By PolitiFact Staff • September 28, 2023

Wuhan Institute of Virology Feb. 3, 2021

New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided

By Louis Jacobson, Jeff Cercone • March 2, 2023

Joe Biden makes point during State of the Union 2-7-2023

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023