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Pants on Fire!

It's called a Clinton body count hoax for a reason

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Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, January 27th, 2020

Pants on Fire!

'Loud music' case

Maner

Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, January 24th, 2020

False

Another conspiracy theory fails

Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

False

And climate change has made the fires worse

"The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, January 10th, 2020

Half-True

Claim exaggerates the gap, but it's large

There have been 317 criminal indictments under three recent Republican presidents and only three indictments under three recent Democratic presidents.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, January 9th, 2020