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  • Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence Arizona Lawmakers, Judges, Other Public Officials Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel, Fixing Elections

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    Are lawmakers, judges and other public officials in Arizona taking bribes from the Sinaloa cartel and fixing elections? No, there's no reliable evidence that's true: Jacqueline Breger, an insurance agent who made the allegations during a joint meeting of the Arizona House and Senate elections committees on February 23, 2023, did not provide credible proof to back up her explosive…

    • Feb 28, 2023
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence Arizona Lawmakers, Judges, Other Public Officials Taking Bribes From Sinaloa Cartel, Fixing Elections Uncorroborated
  • Fact Check: Rep. Scott Perry Did NOT Issue Statement That 'Italian Satellites,' CIA, Italian Government Stole Votes From Trump

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    Did Rep. Scott Perry make an official statement saying that "Italian satellites," the CIA and the Italian government collaborated to manipulate votes in President Joe Biden's favor? No, that's not true: According to Perry's office and a review of his Twitter account, the television graphic containing that statement is fake. Though he made no such official statement and the television…

    • Dec 23, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Rep. Scott Perry Did NOT Issue Statement That 'Italian Satellites,' CIA, Italian Government Stole Votes From Trump Fake Statement
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats

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    Did Elon Musk tweet that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey millions of dollars to block or delete the pages of people who posted about Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could find no evidence that Musk wrote the tweet nor any credible news reporting on its claims. The claim appeared in…

    • Dec 13, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats Not From Elon
  • Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race

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    If Arizonans voted primarily for Republican candidates in the November 8, 2022, election, but a Democrat still won the race for governor, was the election rigged? No, that's not true: Election data from past years show ticket-splitting is common in Arizona. An Arizona pollster with two decades experience tracking election data told Lead Stories it is not unusual for the…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor's Race NOT Sign of 'Rigged' Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race Fickle, Again
  • Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules

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    Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's not true: all of the deleted tweets we were able to review apparently violated Twitter's Terms of Service -- in particular, the rule that forbids…

    • Dec 5, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules Revealing Pix
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Fraud As Wisconsin's Active Military Votes Tumble From 2020 To 2022

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    Does a large drop in Wisconsin's active military votes between 2020 and 2022 suggest fraud? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Turnout can vary greatly from election to election, especially whether they're presidential, primary or midterm ballots. Also, the 2020 election set a modern record for the highest overall voter…

    • Dec 1, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Fraud As Wisconsin's Active Military Votes Tumble From 2020 To 2022 Vote Varies
  • Fact Check: Myanmar Does NOT Use The Same Voting Machines As The US - It Doesn't Even Use Voting Machines

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    Does the southeast Asian country of Myanmar use the same voting machines as the United States in its elections? No, that's not true: According to a spokesperson for the Asian Network for Free Elections, a non-governmental organization that works to promote democracy in Asia, Myanmar has not used voting machines in its elections at all. The claim, which has also…

    • Nov 17, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Myanmar Does NOT Use The Same Voting Machines As The US - It Doesn't Even Use Voting Machines Paper Ballots
  • Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show 'Election Crime In Real Time' In Pennsylvania -- Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections

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    Do large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate and governor's races prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Edison Research, which supplies election data to news organization websites, told Lead Stories that the downticks shown by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and on his Frank Speech website -- totaling tens of thousands of…

    • Nov 14, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show 'Election Crime In Real Time' In Pennsylvania -- Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show 'Election Crime In Real Time' In Pennsylvania -- Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections Clerical Error
  • Fact Check: 'Iranian Whistleblower' Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots

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    Does a video show an "Iranian whistleblower" revealing how they hacked a federal voter registration database during the U.S. 2020 election and created fraudulent overseas ballots? No, that's not true: The footage -- shown at an election integrity event in October -- includes a screen recording that the U.S. Justice Department already determined is intended to mislead people. It does…

    • Nov 14, 2022
    • by: Victoria Eavis
    Fact Check: 'Iranian Whistleblower' Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots Feds Said Fake
  • Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 2022 Midterm Election Graphs Do NOT Prove Races Were Stolen

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    Do midterm election graphs of unofficial, private election tallies used by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and on his Frank Speech website prove 2022 elections were stolen? No, that's not true: Spikes in the vote counts are a normal part of clean elections. A Lindell ally said he scraped and graphed data that Edison Research supplies to…

    • Nov 9, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Mike Lindell's 2022 Midterm Election Graphs Do NOT Prove Races Were Stolen Nothing Weird
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