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  • Fact Check: FAKE Order Falsely Attributed To Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Allows Trump To Seek 'Four Additional Years'

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    Does a real order from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts allow Donald Trump to seek "four additional years" as president? No, that's not true: A search of the Supreme Court of the United States' docket found no order bearing the number shown in the fake document. Supreme Court orders are public records. While portions of a case file may…

    • Jun 4, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Order Falsely Attributed To Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Allows Trump To Seek 'Four Additional Years' Not Real
  • Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Says Joe Biden Visited Moscow In 1987, Implicates Him In Various Conspiracy Theories

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    In a real social media post, did Donald Trump write about a Joe Biden visit to Moscow in 1987 and implicate him in various conspiracy theories? No, that's not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports that it ever did. Biden also never visited Moscow in 1987.…

    • May 18, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Says Joe Biden Visited Moscow In 1987, Implicates Him In Various Conspiracy Theories Post Is Phony
  • Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Have Election With 133 Million Registered Voters And 159 Million Votes Cast -- Official Figures Say Otherwise

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    Did the United States have an election with 133 million registered voters in which 159 million votes were cast? No, that's not true: Official government figures for national elections do not support that claim. More than 158 million Americans cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election, but more than 168 million were registered to vote. The claim appeared in a…

    • May 5, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Have Election With 133 Million Registered Voters And 159 Million Votes Cast -- Official Figures Say Otherwise Wrong Numbers
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post A Video Including A Clip Portraying The Obamas As Apes

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    Did Donald Trump really post a video on Truth Social featuring the faces of Michelle and Barack Obama superimposed on the bodies of apes? Yes, that is true: Shortly before midnight on Feb. 5, 2026 Donald Trump posted a 1-minute, 2-second video from the PatriotNewsOutlet.com. The video promoted a debunked conspiracy claim about voting machines during the 2020 election. The…

    • Feb 6, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Post A Video Including A Clip Portraying The Obamas As Apes He Posted It
  • Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud

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    Are 315,000 unsigned early votes in Fulton County, Georgia proof of electoral fraud? No, that's not true: The Georgia secretary of state told Lead Stories that the missing signatures on tabulator results were the consequence of a clerical error and did not invalidate legally cast votes. An election expert told Lead Stories that the minor administrative error did not affect…

    • Dec 22, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Fulton County's 315,000 Unsigned Early Votes Are NOT Proof Of Electoral Fraud Error ≠ Fraud
  • Fact Check: President Trump's Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned -- POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner

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    Has Tina Peters been "fully pardoned" by Donald Trump, wiping out her prison sentence for giving unauthorized access to Mesa County, Colorado, voting machines in 2021, when she was county clerk? No, that's not true: Trump's "pardon" of Peters is only symbolic, not official. The U.S. Constitution grants the President power to pardon only those criminals facing federal charges. Peters,…

    • Dec 12, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: President Trump's Symbolic Pardon Does NOT Mean Tina Peters Is Fully Pardoned -- POTUS Has No Power Over State Prisoner No State Power
  • Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results

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    Did Democratic nominee and then-sitting Vice President Kamala Harris get 68 million votes in 2024? No, that's not true: In reality, she got more than 75 million, according to data on the Federal Election Commission website. That's fewer than Joe Biden's 2020 total of 81 million, but 7 million more than is claimed by a viral meme. The claim appeared…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check:  Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results More Than That
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Feature JD Vance's Sister Asking Internet To Stop Saying He Killed Pope Francis -- Comedian's Series

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    Did JD Vance's sister take to social media to ask internet trolls to stop saying the Vice President killed Pope Francis? No, that's not true: The video is one of a series by comedian Blaire Erskine in which she has played roles such as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's baby sitter and a Trump voter waiting in the cold for a…

    • Apr 23, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Feature JD Vance's Sister Asking Internet To Stop Saying He Killed Pope Francis -- Comedian's Series Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again

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    Did Donald Trump admit in an Oval Office ceremony on March 7, 2025, that the 2024 election was rigged so that he could become president again? No, that's not true: President Trump was claiming the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden was rigged, not the 2024 election. If he had won in 2020, he would not be president when…

    • Mar 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again About 2020
  • Fact Check: Rumors About Four-Star General Shredding Documents And Fleeing Country Originated In Anonymous TikTok Video -- No Proof Offered

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    Did a rumor about Kash Patel ordering a SWAT raid on three Pentagon officials, and the existence of surveillance footage capturing a four-star general shredding documents, originate with reliable news sources? No, that's not true: The story originated in a TikTok video that did not offer any sources or evidence. Neither Patel's X accounts nor news websites indexed by Google…

    • Feb 25, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Rumors About Four-Star General Shredding Documents And Fleeing Country Originated In Anonymous TikTok Video -- No Proof Offered No Evidence
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