31 People 23644 Fact-checks 7714 Articles People (31) U.S. Senate Democrats Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate World Food Program Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Energy Department Senate Democrats Senate Republicans Islamic Republic News Agency U.S. Census Bureau U.S. House Democrats U.S. Trade Representative Iowa Senate Democrats Senate Conservatives Fund Senate Leadership Fund Senate Majority PAC Rhode Island Senate Virginia Senate Democrats Georgia state senators Republican state senators Fact-checks (23644) Donald Trump stated on November 16, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out." By Clayton Youngman• November 20, 2015 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Michael Opitz stated on May 29, 2012 in a YouTube ad: U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant. By Willoughby Mariano• June 27, 2012 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2020 John McCain stated on July 09, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds : Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. By Alexander Lane• July 15, 2008 Rand Paul stated on December 06, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States. By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2015 Tom Graves stated on June 28, 2013 in a news release: "The government does not need a warrant to read your old emails." By Janel Davis• September 10, 2013 Mark Meadows stated on August 31, 2018 in : "Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign." By Bill McCarthy• September 11, 2018 Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.: "The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity." By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008 TikTok posts stated on December 25, 2023 in a TikTok video: T-Mobile plans to fine its customers up to $3,500 for text messages it doesn't like. By Jeff Cercone• January 4, 2024 John Cornyn stated on July 01, 2010 in a conference call with Texas reporters: "Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 11, 2010 Tom Cotton stated on April 04, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests. By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2017 William Barr stated on December 09, 2019 in a statement: "The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions." By Bill McCarthy• December 11, 2019 Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. By Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 Mark Udall stated on June 09, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week": Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism." By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2013 Jodie Laubenberg stated on April 04, 2013 in a Texas House floor debate.: Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating." By W. Gardner Selby• April 15, 2013 Articles (7714) What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Obama's wiretapping flip-flop? Yes By Alexander Lane• July 14, 2008 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking the Sunday Dec. 22 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Informants, infiltration and spying: Some definitions in the FBI investigation of team Trump By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2018 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2014 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2013 By Steve Contorno• December 31, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Democrats’ memo pushes back on GOP claims about Russia probe By John Kruzel• February 28, 2018 Ask PolitiFact: What is China's Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned? By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2021 McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2015 Where are Ted Cruz’s Muslim neighborhoods? By W. Gardner Selby• March 23, 2016 Readying for final GOP debate of 2015 By April Hunt• December 14, 2015 Fact-checking Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican response to Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023
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Donald Trump stated on November 16, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out." By Clayton Youngman• November 20, 2015 Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Michael Opitz stated on May 29, 2012 in a YouTube ad: U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant. By Willoughby Mariano• June 27, 2012 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2020 John McCain stated on July 09, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds : Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping. By Alexander Lane• July 15, 2008 Rand Paul stated on December 06, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States. By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2015 Tom Graves stated on June 28, 2013 in a news release: "The government does not need a warrant to read your old emails." By Janel Davis• September 10, 2013 Mark Meadows stated on August 31, 2018 in : "Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign." By Bill McCarthy• September 11, 2018 Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.: "The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity." By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008 TikTok posts stated on December 25, 2023 in a TikTok video: T-Mobile plans to fine its customers up to $3,500 for text messages it doesn't like. By Jeff Cercone• January 4, 2024 John Cornyn stated on July 01, 2010 in a conference call with Texas reporters: "Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 11, 2010 Tom Cotton stated on April 04, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests. By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2017 William Barr stated on December 09, 2019 in a statement: "The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions." By Bill McCarthy• December 11, 2019 Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. By Kirby Wilson• June 4, 2015 Mark Udall stated on June 09, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week": Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism." By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2013 Jodie Laubenberg stated on April 04, 2013 in a Texas House floor debate.: Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating." By W. Gardner Selby• April 15, 2013
What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Obama's wiretapping flip-flop? Yes By Alexander Lane• July 14, 2008 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking the Sunday Dec. 22 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• December 22, 2013 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Informants, infiltration and spying: Some definitions in the FBI investigation of team Trump By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2018 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 March 30 shows take on NSA reforms, Obamacare and Ukraine By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2014 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 Ahead of face-to-face meeting, Biden and Putin remain far apart on the facts By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2021 The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2013 By Steve Contorno• December 31, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Democrats’ memo pushes back on GOP claims about Russia probe By John Kruzel• February 28, 2018 Ask PolitiFact: What is China's Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned? By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2021 McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2015 Where are Ted Cruz’s Muslim neighborhoods? By W. Gardner Selby• March 23, 2016 Readying for final GOP debate of 2015 By April Hunt• December 14, 2015 Fact-checking Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican response to Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023
