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Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2009 in a news conference.:

"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."

By Robert Farley• April 17, 2009

Marco Rubio stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks:

"Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”

By Miriam Valverde• January 29, 2021

Congressional Leadership Fund stated on October 07, 2020 in an ad:

Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.

By Tom Kertscher• October 16, 2020

Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post:

"Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."

By Katie Akin• July 10, 2018

Hank Johnson stated on April 18, 2012 in a speech:

"The United States imprisons more than any nation in the world."

By Eric Stirgus• May 7, 2012

Viral image stated on April 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Ukraine is the “money laundering and child sex trafficking capital of the world!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 12, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 05, 2020 in a video:

The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”

By Daniel Funke• August 13, 2020

Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:

"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."

By John Kruzel• May 1, 2017

Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post:

"Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..."

By Bill McCarthy• June 26, 2018

Viral image stated on September 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge’s husband has now also been found dead.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 18, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Amy Coney Barrett overturned a $6.7M verdict after a prison guard repeatedly raped a 19-year-old inmate who was 8 months pregnant.”

By Jeff Cercone• March 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.

By Gabrielle Settles• July 28, 2021

Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana."

By Louis Jacobson• October 14, 2015

Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

In negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• August 7, 2024

Sean Hannity stated on August 23, 2016 in a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump:

Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 2, 2016

Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."

By Becky Bowers• November 23, 2011

Lisa Bloom stated on January 14, 2014 in an interview with Piers Morgan:

"Americans are 20 times as likely to die from gun violence as citizens of other civilized countries."

By Katie Sanders• January 17, 2014

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

YouTube videos stated on April 22, 2020 in a YouTube video:

“Breaking news Kim Jong Un has pass(ed) away.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says El Chapo "stated in court" that James Comey helped launder $150 million "cartel money for Pelosi."

By Samantha Putterman• October 1, 2019

Super Bowl Ad Watch: Trump on criminal justice reform

By Daniel Funke, Bill McCarthy• February 3, 2020

Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico

By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009

Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump's interviews with Fox and Friends, reporters on the White House lawn

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 15, 2018

In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border

By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014

Fact-checking ‘Kamala Harris Facts’

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2024

In context: Dave Brat's comments to jailed addicts

By Warren Fiske• October 18, 2018

The silence of the year: What did Hunter Biden do for Burisma?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 16, 2019

What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US

By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 10, 2025

Fact-checking South Florida politicians in 2014

By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2014

Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• June 12, 2018

What’s behind Republicans’ claim that Joe Biden received $40,000 of ‘laundered Chinese money’?

By Madison Czopek• November 14, 2023

The facts about FIFA

By Katie Sanders• May 27, 2015

Fact-checking Bernie Sanders in Ames, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 26, 2020

Hunter Biden guilty on gun charges; here’s what it means and what’s next

By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2024

The big picture: The North Korea situation as Trump heads to the UN

By Miriam Valverde• September 17, 2017

Clinton versus Reagan, Rick Perry's letter, North Korea's World Cup chances:

By Dana Tims• July 22, 2014

PunditFact checks the Oct. 18 Sunday news shows

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu• October 18, 2015

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book contains 3 questionable anecdotes

By Matthew Crowley• May 10, 2024

What are the charges against Venezuela's Maduro? How can the US indict foreign politicians?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 5, 2026

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