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  • Fact Check: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did NOT Hold A Press Conference On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate In February 2025 -- Clip Shows 2016 Arpaio Stunt

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    Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio hold a press conference on Barack Obama's birth certificate in February 2025? No, that's not true: The posted footage of the press conference held by the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is from 2016, not 2025 as is implied by a post on social media. The press conference was documented by local media in 2016.…

    • Feb 20, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did NOT Hold A Press Conference On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate In February 2025 -- Clip Shows 2016 Arpaio Stunt 2016 Not 2025
  • Fact Check: 60 Voters Registered At Municipal Address In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is NOT A Sign Of Electoral Fraud -- Homeless Allowed To Use Courthouse As Address For Voter Registration

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    Did election fraud occur when 60 people in Maricopa County, Arizona, registered to vote using a municipal building as their home address? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County public information officer told Lead Stories that the voters registered in this building, the West Court Building, do not have a permanent address and can use the courthouse as their address.…

    • Nov 5, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check:  60 Voters Registered At Municipal Address In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is NOT A Sign Of Electoral Fraud -- Homeless Allowed To Use Courthouse As Address For Voter Registration Homeless Use
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Police Deputy Tyler Cooper Found Lost Toddler -- It's Bait & Switch

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    Has police Deputy Tyler Cooper in a town called Surprise found a 2-year-old boy wandering alone, and can't the police find his mother named Ella? No, that's not true: The "deputy" in the post is not listed by name on either the Surprise, Arizona, police department or county sheriff's department websites. The person who posted the story blotted out the…

    • Sep 16, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Police Deputy Tyler Cooper Found Lost Toddler -- It's Bait & Switch Bait & Switch
  • Fact Check: 46 Out Of 50 States Did NOT Recount Their Votes And Find Biden Lost

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    Did 46 of 50 states recount their votes from the 2020 election and confirm that Joe Biden lost the vote in their state? No, that's not true: There were four states that conducted recounts or had legal challenges of the 2020 presidential election results, and none overturned the results that Biden won the presidential election against Donald Trump in 2020.…

    • Apr 25, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 46 Out Of 50 States Did NOT Recount Their Votes And Find Biden Lost No Recounts
  • Fact Check: 2 Million Voters Did NOT Register Without Photo ID In Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas In First 3 Months Of 2024

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    Did 2 million voters register without a photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas during the first three months of 2024? No, that's not true: Election officials from these three states told Lead Stories that this figure from a social media post does not represent the number of new voters actually registered in their states without a photo ID during…

    • Apr 5, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 2 Million Voters Did NOT Register Without Photo ID In Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas In First 3 Months Of 2024 Overstated
  • Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States

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    by: Ed Payne and Alexis Tereszcuk Does a 32-page report shared online in January of 2023 provide proof of widespread 2020 election fraud in five swing states? No, that's not true: The report lacks credible nonpartisan documentation or verifiable data that would substantiate such a sweeping assertion. It promotes a repeatedly disproven assertion that "hundreds of thousands of votes were…

    • Jan 4, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 32-Page Report Does NOT Provide Proof Of Widespread 2020 Election Fraud In 5 Swing States Claims ≠ Proof
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Massive Vote Discrepancy' Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election

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    Was there a massive vote discrepancy found in the 2022 Arizona midterm election? No, that's not true: An election expert told Lead Stories the claims of vote discrepancy were "100% false." The Arizona Secretary of State spokesperson said the claim falsely used a "static" voter registration list versus a list that showed accurate updates from election day that provides information…

    • Jul 3, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence 'Massive Vote Discrepancy' Found In 2022 Arizona Midterm Election Bad Analysis
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines -- It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation

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    Does a post show "new video evidence" of Maricopa County election officials breaking into sealed election machines? No, that's not true: The "new" video is a recording of a 2022 public live stream of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election headquarters where workers were installing new memory cards into the ballot tabulators prior to the November 2022 election, the spokesperson for…

    • May 30, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines -- It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation Out In Open
  • Fact Check: Posts With Pictures Of Lost 'Sweet Girl' Are Bait-And-Switch Scam

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    Do social media posts about people "desperately trying to find the parents" of a lost "sweet girl" show a real-life call for help? No, that's not true: Entries with identical wording appeared in many places in the United States; as they gained traction, the content of those posts changed to promote dubious rent-to-own schemes and extract personal information. A sheriff's…

    • May 3, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Posts With Pictures Of Lost 'Sweet Girl' Are Bait-And-Switch Scam Not In Danger
  • Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona

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    Were ZIP codes for 31,000 mail-in ballots changed before they were sent out, quietly changed back when they were returned as undeliverable and then fraudulently used to vote in Arizona? No, that's not true: The secretary of state's office told Lead Stories the claims were incorrect and baseless. An election expert said they had never heard of a situation involving…

    • Dec 12, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona No Tampering
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