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Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:

"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026

Rick Scott stated on January 29, 2020 in a TV ad in Iowa:

"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.

By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2020

Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview:

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 11, 2024

Ted Cruz stated on March 28, 2016 in a campaign email:

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

By Emma Hinchliffe• May 9, 2016

Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2024 in a speech:

“Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 15, 2024

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in in a speech at the Republican convention:

"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."

By Miriam Valverde• July 22, 2016

Viral image stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image:

Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.

By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Ivanka Trump charged with major crime.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 17, 2022

Kash Patel stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":

“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2026

Chain email stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email:

"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."

By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2014

Greg Steube stated on December 04, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:

"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.

By Amy Sherman• December 10, 2019

Donald Trump stated on November 08, 2023 in a rally in Hialeah:

“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”

By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• November 15, 2023

Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Images show “Putin has been arrested.”

By Jeff Cercone• March 28, 2023

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:

Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 2, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense."

By Tom Kertscher• January 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on December 03, 2019 in a press conference:

Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."

By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2019

Paul Gigot stated on December 07, 2019 in an interview:

Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."

By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2019

Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:

Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 28, 2025

Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2024 in a Fox News town hall:

Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 22, 2024

Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2018 in a rally:

Says China and Singapore impose the death penalty on drug dealers.

By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2018

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