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Donald Trump stated on July 23, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says the Steele dossier "was responsible for starting" Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

By John Kruzel• July 23, 2018

AmericanJournalReview.com stated on July 20, 2018 in a blog post:

"James Clapper Flips On Live TV, Admits Obama Behind Entire Russia Witch Hunt! (Video)"

By John Kruzel, Heaven Taylor-Wynn• August 6, 2018

Chain email stated on October 12, 2010 in a chain e-mail:

"Many of the companies bankrolling the ad campaign against Amendment 4 are recipients of a congressional bailout, in the form of humongous tax refunds earlier this year."

By Becky Bowers• October 27, 2010

Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 18, 2019 in a town hall:

For Cabinet posts, "I have the best voting record against Trump nominees of anyone else running for president"

By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 29, 2019

North Carolina Republican Party stated on June 08, 2017 in in an official statement:

Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.

By Will Doran• June 9, 2017

Reince Priebus stated on November 14, 2016 in an MSNBC interview:

"President-elect Trump's immigration policies are very similar to policies that are sitting right in the Senate and the House today to temporarily suspend immigration from countries that harbor terrorism, to temporarily suspend immigration from Syria until we get better vetting."

By Miriam Valverde• November 18, 2016

Gwen Graham stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate:

Says the 2015 vote on the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act "was not a vote to deny access to the U.S."

By Allison Graves• April 24, 2018

Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2016 in a tweet :

"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"

By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2016

Social Media stated on October 15, 2024 in in social media posts:

"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”

By Jeff Cercone• October 25, 2024

Rudy Giuliani stated on November 02, 2007 in a television interview.:

"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."

By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007

Donald Trump stated on May 11, 2017 in an interview with NBC News:

"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."

By Jon Greenberg• May 12, 2017

Sean Spicer stated on January 30, 2017 in a daily press briefing:

The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

By Linda Qiu• January 31, 2017

John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message:

"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."

By Robert Farley• June 12, 2009

Freedom Partners Action Fund stated on May 02, 2016 in a television ad:

"During the (housing) crisis, Catherine Cortez Masto gave a sweetheart contract worth millions to a D.C. law firm that then donated thousands to her political campaigns."

By Riley Snyder• May 27, 2016

Bryan Steil stated on October 31, 2019 in a tweet:

The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."

By Eric Litke• November 5, 2019

Brian Kilmeade stated on July 02, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends":

The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”

By Bill McCarthy• July 7, 2020

Brian Fitzpatrick stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2023

Mark Meadows stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet:

Says "President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election."

By Julianna Rennie• November 21, 2019

Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on March 05, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea. ... There are multiple news outlets that have reported" former President Barack Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump.

By Allison Graves• March 5, 2017

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

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