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  • Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Cut Short Christmas Visit To Delaware

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    Did President Joe Biden cut short an expected Christmas stay in Delaware on December 19, 2024, to return to Washington? No, that's not true: According to an official White House news release dated December 15, 2024, Biden was scheduled to return to the White House on December 19, 2024. The schedule also showed that he and the first lady planned…

    • Dec 20, 2024
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Cut Short Christmas Visit To Delaware Planned Return
  • Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Spend $3 Billion For Just 93 Postal Delivery Electric Vehicles

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    Did the Biden administration spend $3 billion to procure just 93 electric mail trucks? No, that's not true: A Postal Service spokesperson told Lead Stories that Congress approved $3 billion to purchase 66,000 electric postal delivery vehicles, many of them arriving by 2028. According to USPS records, as of December 13, 2024, 24 electric vehicles had been delivered with another…

    • Dec 18, 2024
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: Biden Administration Did NOT Spend $3 Billion For Just 93 Postal Delivery Electric Vehicles More Coming
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Joe Biden's 1973 Swearing-In Does NOT Show Young Hunter Biden With Injuries -- It's His Brother

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    Does a photo show a young Hunter Biden, injured from a car wreck, as his father Joe Biden was sworn in as U.S. senator from Delaware in 1973? No, that's not true: Although Hunter Biden was present at the swearing-in ceremony, the child in the photo is his older brother, Beau Biden. Both of Biden's sons had sustained injuries in…

    • Dec 16, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Of Joe Biden's 1973 Swearing-In Does NOT Show Young Hunter Biden With Injuries -- It's His Brother Not Hunter
  • Fact Check: Biden Deported Chinese Student Convicted Of Child Porn Crimes As Part Of Prisoner Swap -- Court Documents Don't Identify Him As Chinese Spy

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    Did President Joe Biden unilaterally release a Chinese spy convicted of possessing child pornography? No, that's not true: A White House spokesperson told Lead Stories a Chinese doctoral student sentenced to 8 years in federal prison in 2022 was granted clemency and deported on November 22, 2024, as part of a prisoner swap between the United States and China. Three…

    • Dec 13, 2024
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: Biden Deported Chinese Student Convicted Of Child Porn Crimes As Part Of Prisoner Swap -- Court Documents Don't Identify Him As Chinese Spy Deported
  • Fact Check: Mitch McConnell's Head Was NOT Bandaged After Fall At Senate Republican Lunch In December 2024 -- Old Clip Was Edited

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    Does an authentic video show Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in December 2024 with a large white bandage around his head, standing mute at a lectern, when a woman asks if his head is "OK after that fall"? No, that's not true: An old video clip showing the moment McConnell froze up in 2023 has been edited. A large bandage…

    • Dec 12, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Mitch McConnell's Head Was NOT Bandaged After Fall At Senate Republican Lunch In December 2024 -- Old Clip Was Edited Edited Video
  • Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes

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    Does President Joe Biden have the power to pardon Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Mangione was jailed on state charges in Pennsylvania and was charged with murder by New York. The Constitution allows presidents to grant pardons only for federal crimes. The claim originated in…

    • Dec 10, 2024
    • by: Randy Travis
    Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes State Charges
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jeanine Pirro Criticizing Trump Over Pardons, The Original Fox News Segment Was About Biden

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    Did Fox host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro criticize President-elect Donald Trump over pardons? No, that's not true: An authentic video of Pirro was included in a social media post with photographs of Trump. In reality, Pirro was criticizing President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. The claim appeared in a post and video on Threads on December…

    • Dec 4, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jeanine Pirro Criticizing Trump Over Pardons, The Original Fox News Segment Was About Biden Out Of Context
  • Fact Check: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush Did NOT Pardon Family Members

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    Did Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush pardon family members? No, that's not true: Neither former president pardoned a member of his family. While Carter's brother Billy and Bush's son Neil were involved in controversies during their relatives' presidencies, neither needed a pardon because they weren't charged with crimes. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Threads…

    • Dec 3, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush Did NOT Pardon Family Members No Clemency
  • Fact Check: Smile From Biden Was NOT Prompted By Reporter's Question About Pardon For Hunter -- Different Question, Different Day

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    Did President Joe Biden turn and smile when a reporter asked if his son, Hunter Biden, should receive a presidential pardon? No, that's not true: The audio track of this video was altered. Audio from a press briefing held on September 15, 2023, was added to video footage filmed on May 31, 2024, to suggest that Biden had smiled after…

    • Dec 2, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Smile From Biden Was NOT Prompted By Reporter's Question About Pardon For Hunter -- Different Question, Different Day Edited Audio
  • Fact Check: Italian Prime Minister Meloni Did NOT Say Italy Opposes Biden Permitting Ukraine To Use US Weapons To Strike Inside Russia

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    Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say Italy opposes President Joe Biden's policy change that permits Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available recording or transcript of Meloni expressing Italian opposition to the change. During the Group of 20 summit on November 18 and 19, 2024, shortly…

    • Nov 26, 2024
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Italian Prime Minister Meloni Did NOT Say Italy Opposes Biden Permitting Ukraine To Use US Weapons To Strike Inside Russia Not Opposed
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