0 People 121 Fact-checks 98 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (121) Adam Schiff stated on September 17, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC: "We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower." By Bill McCarthy• October 4, 2019 Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 07, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View": "It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower. By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on October 02, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Adam Schiff was "complicit in EDITING AND COMPOSING THE ‘WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT’ BEFORE IT WAS FILED." By Daniel Funke• October 4, 2019 Viral image stated on December 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Adam Schiff’s family Christmas card has a photo of the whistleblower, who is dating Schiff’s daughter. By Ciara O'Rourke• December 12, 2019 Louie Gohmert stated on October 21, 2019 in an op-ed: "As we have learned, the Intel Inspector General (IG) changed the rule after the complaint was known in order to allow hearsay complaints, but the IG dishonestly backdated the rule change so that damage could be done to President Trump." By Madlin Mekelburg• October 30, 2019 Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report." By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2019 Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2015 Facebook posts stated on May 04, 2024 in a Facebook post: Second Boeing Whistleblower Killed In 2 Months! By Ciara O'Rourke• May 8, 2024 Rebekah Jones stated on October 26, 2022 in a post on Instagram: Document shows Rebekah Jones “demonstrated” a violation of Florida’s Whistleblower Act. By Sara Swann• November 1, 2022 Viral image stated on October 05, 2021 in a viral image: Facebook planted Frances Haugen as its own pretend whistleblower. By Bill McCarthy• October 8, 2021 Mark Levin stated on October 03, 2019 in on Fox News's "Hannity": Says the whistleblower hired "left-wing lawyers, left-wing firms, Soros involved in funding one of them." By Bill McCarthy• October 11, 2019 Viral image stated on November 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo of "Obama’s White House staff" shows the alleged Ukraine whistleblower. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2019 Jake Tapper stated on January 02, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper": "The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined." By Jon Greenberg• January 10, 2014 Glenn Greenwald stated on January 02, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead": "Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act." By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2014 Viral image stated on November 09, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 14, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2019 in a tweet: "The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong." By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2019 Donald Trump stated on April 04, 2020 in a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing: Says fired inspector general Michael Atkinson brought a “terrible, inaccurate whistleblower report” to Congress. By Jon Greenberg• April 6, 2020 Americas PAC stated on April 27, 2017 in a radio ad: Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital. By Tom Kertscher• May 5, 2017 Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2019 in : Photos show the whistleblower with Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022 Articles (98) What the whistleblower law says about sharing complaints with Congress By Bill McCarthy• September 25, 2019 Read the declassified whistleblower complaint on Ukraine, Biden and Trump By Josie Hollingsworth• September 26, 2019 Read the Inspector General's letter on the Ukraine whistleblower complaint By Josie Hollingsworth• September 26, 2019 Of signing statements and whistleblowers By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 9, 2009 Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call 'almost completely wrong' By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2019 Ask PolitiFact: Answers to reader questions about the Trump impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel, Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2019 Hunter Biden’s criminal case: What IRS whistleblowers said about Joe Biden, DOJ By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2023 What are your questions about the Trump-Ukraine-Biden phone call? By Josie Hollingsworth• September 27, 2019 The inaccurate or unproven things Rudy Giuliani said about Ukraine on 'This Week' By Daniel Funke, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2019 What is Ken Paxton accused of that is leading to his impeachment trial in Texas? By Philip Jankowski• August 31, 2023 9 things Donald Trump got wrong today on Ukraine, a whistleblower and the media By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• October 2, 2019 How an unsubstantiated, anonymous affidavit about the ABC presidential debate was amplified online By Jeff Cercone• September 20, 2024 10 things Donald Trump got wrong about impeachment in 2019, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg• December 16, 2019 Fact-checking Trump, Ukraine impeachment hearings, day 1 By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• November 13, 2019 Fox News airs misleading graphics about Schiff, Taylor By Bill McCarthy• November 13, 2019 2019 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 16, 2019 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2019 PolitiFact's 2019 Lie of the Year coverage By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2019 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013
Adam Schiff stated on September 17, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC: "We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower." By Bill McCarthy• October 4, 2019 Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 07, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View": "It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower. By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on October 02, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Adam Schiff was "complicit in EDITING AND COMPOSING THE ‘WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT’ BEFORE IT WAS FILED." By Daniel Funke• October 4, 2019 Viral image stated on December 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Adam Schiff’s family Christmas card has a photo of the whistleblower, who is dating Schiff’s daughter. By Ciara O'Rourke• December 12, 2019 Louie Gohmert stated on October 21, 2019 in an op-ed: "As we have learned, the Intel Inspector General (IG) changed the rule after the complaint was known in order to allow hearsay complaints, but the IG dishonestly backdated the rule change so that damage could be done to President Trump." By Madlin Mekelburg• October 30, 2019 Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report." By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2019 Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2015 Facebook posts stated on May 04, 2024 in a Facebook post: Second Boeing Whistleblower Killed In 2 Months! By Ciara O'Rourke• May 8, 2024 Rebekah Jones stated on October 26, 2022 in a post on Instagram: Document shows Rebekah Jones “demonstrated” a violation of Florida’s Whistleblower Act. By Sara Swann• November 1, 2022 Viral image stated on October 05, 2021 in a viral image: Facebook planted Frances Haugen as its own pretend whistleblower. By Bill McCarthy• October 8, 2021 Mark Levin stated on October 03, 2019 in on Fox News's "Hannity": Says the whistleblower hired "left-wing lawyers, left-wing firms, Soros involved in funding one of them." By Bill McCarthy• October 11, 2019 Viral image stated on November 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo of "Obama’s White House staff" shows the alleged Ukraine whistleblower. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2019 Jake Tapper stated on January 02, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper": "The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined." By Jon Greenberg• January 10, 2014 Glenn Greenwald stated on January 02, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead": "Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act." By Jon Greenberg• January 7, 2014 Viral image stated on November 09, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 14, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2019 in a tweet: "The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong." By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2019 Donald Trump stated on April 04, 2020 in a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing: Says fired inspector general Michael Atkinson brought a “terrible, inaccurate whistleblower report” to Congress. By Jon Greenberg• April 6, 2020 Americas PAC stated on April 27, 2017 in a radio ad: Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital. By Tom Kertscher• May 5, 2017 Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2019 in : Photos show the whistleblower with Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022
What the whistleblower law says about sharing complaints with Congress By Bill McCarthy• September 25, 2019 Read the declassified whistleblower complaint on Ukraine, Biden and Trump By Josie Hollingsworth• September 26, 2019 Read the Inspector General's letter on the Ukraine whistleblower complaint By Josie Hollingsworth• September 26, 2019 Of signing statements and whistleblowers By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 9, 2009 Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call 'almost completely wrong' By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2019 Ask PolitiFact: Answers to reader questions about the Trump impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel, Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2019 Hunter Biden’s criminal case: What IRS whistleblowers said about Joe Biden, DOJ By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2023 What are your questions about the Trump-Ukraine-Biden phone call? By Josie Hollingsworth• September 27, 2019 The inaccurate or unproven things Rudy Giuliani said about Ukraine on 'This Week' By Daniel Funke, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2019 What is Ken Paxton accused of that is leading to his impeachment trial in Texas? By Philip Jankowski• August 31, 2023 9 things Donald Trump got wrong today on Ukraine, a whistleblower and the media By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• October 2, 2019 How an unsubstantiated, anonymous affidavit about the ABC presidential debate was amplified online By Jeff Cercone• September 20, 2024 10 things Donald Trump got wrong about impeachment in 2019, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg• December 16, 2019 Fact-checking Trump, Ukraine impeachment hearings, day 1 By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• November 13, 2019 Fox News airs misleading graphics about Schiff, Taylor By Bill McCarthy• November 13, 2019 2019 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 16, 2019 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2019 PolitiFact's 2019 Lie of the Year coverage By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2019 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013
