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  • Fact Check: Democratic Candidate For Ohio Attorney General Elliot Forhan DID Say 'I'm Going To Kill Donald Trump' In TikTok Video

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    Did Elliot Forhan, a Democrat running to be Ohio's attorney general, post a video on TikTok in which he says "I'm going to kill Donald Trump"? Yes, that's true: Forhan, who served one term in the Ohio legislature, shared a 41-second-long video on his campaign's TikTok account. He said if elected he would put Trump on trial before an Ohio…

    • Jan 28, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Democratic Candidate For Ohio Attorney General Elliot Forhan DID Say 'I'm Going To Kill Donald Trump' In TikTok Video He Said It
  • Fact Check: Conservative Commentator Evan Kilgore DENIES Social Media Posts Saying That He Was Officer Who Shot And Killed Alex Pretti In Minneapolis -- Agent Timeline Doesn't Match Kilgore Career Changes

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    Was Evan Kilgore the federal agent who shot and killed U.S. citizen and registered nurse Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement raid in Minneapolis? No, that's not true: Kilgore denied he worked for immigration enforcement agencies and threatened to sue those who spread the claim on social media. Lead Stories found nothing suggesting that the conservative commentator had built a…

    • Jan 26, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Conservative Commentator Evan Kilgore DENIES Social Media Posts Saying That He Was Officer Who Shot And Killed Alex Pretti In Minneapolis -- Agent Timeline Doesn't Match Kilgore Career Changes Kilgore: No
  • Fact Check: Satirical California 'Rep. Jack Kimble' Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real

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    Did Republican representative Jack Kimble make a post about other countries potentially invading the U.S. "if we ever had" a "highly corrupt leader" as President? No, that's not true: The post was satire from an account on X that pretends to be a non-existent Republican politician. A screenshot of the post that went viral did not identify the account as…

    • Jan 4, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Satirical California 'Rep. Jack Kimble' Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real Satire
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real 'Transgender Police Spokesperson Lyle Culpepper' Talking About Brown University Attack

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    Does a viral clip show real "transgender Providence Police Department spokesperson Lyle Culpepper" demanding that the public stop saying "the Brown shooter"? No, that's not true: The person in the video is comedian L.E. Staiman. In interviews, Staiman has said that he believes his videos are so absurd that people can easily understand they are parody and satire. The claim…

    • Dec 19, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real 'Transgender Police Spokesperson Lyle Culpepper' Talking About Brown University Attack Comedian
  • 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: Fake AP Screenshot About Ghislaine Maxwell's Golden Retriever And Horse Bubba -- No Such Article

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    Did the Associated Press publish a fact check titled 'No, Ghislaine Maxwell did not own a horse named "Bubba"' and did it mention her having a golden retriever at the time? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot showing such a headline along with AP's logo and mentioning Jeffrey Epstein is fake. There is no such story on the Associated…

    • Nov 17, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Fake AP Screenshot About Ghislaine Maxwell's Golden Retriever And Horse Bubba -- No Such Article Fake Headline
  • Fact Check: Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, And Other Celebs Did NOT Ask For Footage To Be Cut From Netflix Over LGBTQ Content

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    Did Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Derek Hough, Brandon Lake, Cliff Richard, athletes Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson and other celebrities ask for their footage to be removed from Netflix over LGBTQ content? No, that's not true: There are multiple social media posts showing different celebrities and athletes with a message that they told Netflix…

    • Oct 31, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, And Other Celebs Did NOT Ask For Footage To Be Cut From Netflix Over LGBTQ Content Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Florida Did NOT Ban 'Diary Of Anne Frank' From School Libraries

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    Did Florida ban "The Diary of Anne Frank" from public library shelves? No, that's not true: A graphic version of Anne Frank's diary was removed from school library shelves in Escambia County, Florida, after a complaint that it minimized the Holocaust with the inclusion of Frank's description of her private thoughts about sex. A group that tracks book bans recently…

    • Aug 25, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Florida Did NOT Ban 'Diary Of Anne Frank' From School Libraries Not the State
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nicolás Maduro Saying 'Come For Me ... Cowards' In Response To Trump DOJ's $50 Million Bounty

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    Does a video show Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, reacting to the $50M bounty announced August 7, 2025 by the US Department of State by challenging the Trump administration to come and get him at the presidential palace? No, that is NOT true: The video shows Maduro giving a speech on July 30th, 2024, after a self-declared victory in the presidential…

    • Aug 12, 2025
    • by: Edwin Mesa
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nicolás Maduro Saying 'Come For Me ... Cowards' In Response To Trump DOJ's $50 Million Bounty Old Video
  • Fact Check: Video Of Minneapolis Mayor Candidate Omar Fateh Saying 'Look At Me, I Am The Mayor Now' Is NOT Authentic

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    Is a video of Minneapolis mayor candidate Omar Fateh saying "Look at me, I am the mayor now" authentic? No, that's not true: Fake audio was added to a clip from a real video of Fateh speaking to a state Senate hearing in 2022 in which he never spoke those words. The voice and accent in the fake audio do…

    • Aug 2, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Of Minneapolis Mayor Candidate Omar Fateh Saying 'Look At Me, I Am The Mayor Now' Is NOT Authentic Didn't Say It
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