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Search results for "Manafort spent more than a year in solitary confinement after arriving at prison"

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Fact-checks (25686)

James Peterson stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
By Alan Hovorka• August 18, 2017
Instagram posts stated on July 24, 2021 in an Instagram post:
People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.
By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2021
Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":
“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”
By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021
Tom Fitton stated on April 04, 2023 in a segment on Fox Business:
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
By Madison Czopek• April 6, 2023
Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
By Tom Kertscher• December 6, 2017
Bloggers stated on February 21, 2017 in a blog post:
"John McCain was pardoned for treason"
By Katie Akin• August 27, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2020
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
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
By Linda Qiu• July 19, 2015
Will Cain stated on April 24, 2023 in a Fox News segment:
Democrats “introduced a bill that would ban detaining gay illegal immigrants.”
By Grace Abels• May 9, 2023
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 22, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says “Lucy McBath voted to release criminals from prison. Murderers, rapists.”
By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2020
Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters:
Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."
By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2019
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 09, 2022 in News release:
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
By Laura Schulte• September 21, 2022
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference:
Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 26, 2021
Tom Cotton stated on November 16, 2018 in a tweet:
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
By Louis Jacobson• November 20, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Democrats "spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump."
By Daniel Funke• November 15, 2019
Instagram posts stated on October 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“BREAKING: Diddy hospitalized after being jumped in prison.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 23, 2024
Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2017 in a tweet:
Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."
By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2017
Instagram posts stated on June 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.
By Andy Nguyen• July 7, 2021
Sean Spicer stated on March 20, 2017 in a press briefing:
Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.
By John Kruzel• March 22, 2017

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Evers-O-Meter update of Gov. Tony Evers campaign promises

By D.L. Davis• July 5, 2022

Evers-O-Meter: Budget makes progress on schools, roads promises

By Eric Litke• April 18, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform

By Sophie Austin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 19, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel’s Senate hearing

By John Kruzel• May 9, 2018

Trump officials say ICE has higher detention standards than prisons, jails. Is that true?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2025

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers scores mixed bag on promises as first term winds down

By D.L. Davis• October 17, 2022

Who is Cory Booker? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019

All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling

By Amy Sherman• March 25, 2019

PunditFact: Fact-checking the July 19 Sunday shows

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• July 19, 2015

Why Wesley Snipes and Kodak Black went to prison, but Hunter Biden likely won’t

By Jeff Cercone, Sevana Wenn• June 23, 2023

Introducing PolitiFact Wisconsin’s ‘Evers-O-Meter,’ tracking the campaign promises of Tony Evers

By Greg Borowski• January 21, 2019

Trump defends 'hero' comments Sunday on ABC

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• July 19, 2015

Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

By Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2020

Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics

By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2019

Website claims child immigrants kept in dog kennels, concentration camps. Here are the facts

By Amy Sherman• June 22, 2018

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated)

By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018

Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree

By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2019

Donald Trump's NRA speech, fact-checked

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 4, 2018

What you need to know about Manafort indictment, Papadopoulos guilty plea

By John Kruzel• October 30, 2017

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s top adviser, and his ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine

By Aleksandra Kharchenko• May 2, 2016