FactCheck.org Author: D'Angelo Gore

Spinning the FBI Letter

October 31, 2016

Director James Comey’s vague announcement sparks partisan distortions.

Donald Trump said that the murder rate in the U.S. is the “highest it’s been in 45 years” and “the press never talks about it.” The press doesn’t talk about it because Trump’s claim is wildly inaccurate.

Clinton’s Connection to FBI Official

October 25, 2016

Without any evidence, Donald Trump said that Hillary Clinton knew that “one of the closest people” to her donated over $675,000 to the campaign of the wife of an FBI official who investigated Clinton’s use of a private email system as secretary of state.

FactChecking the Final Presidential Debate

October 20, 2016

In the final debate in Las Vegas, we found the deck was still stacked against the facts.

Jolly, Trump Photos Are Fake

October 14, 2016

Some voters may be misled by a Democratic TV ad that uses fake images, marked “dramatization,” of Republican Rep. David Jolly and Donald Trump shaking hands and appearing together.

Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks

October 12, 2016

Donald Trump cited apparent excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s past closed-door speeches, contained in emails leaked by WikiLeaks, but he twisted those excerpts in some cases.

FactChecking the Second Presidential Debate

October 10, 2016

We found a mountain of false and misleading statements in the second meeting of the presidential nominees.

Fired Over VA Wait Times

October 6, 2016

Speaking at a CNN town hall about the military, President Barack Obama suggested that his administration “fired a whole bunch of people who were in charge of some of these facilities” involved in the wait-times scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s not the case.