President Donald Trump made several misleading comments when questioning the impartiality of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his investigative team.
Trump’s Misleading Attack on Mueller Team
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Q&A on Stormy Daniels’ Payment
President Trump has acknowledged he reimbursed his personal attorney for the $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. But many questions remain about the payment and whether it may have run afoul of campaign finance or ethics laws.
Michelle Wolf Not Fired From Comedy Central
Q: Did Comedy Central fire Michelle Wolf because of jokes she made at the White House Correspondents’ dinner?
A: No. That claim was made up by a self-described satirical website. She left “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central in December.
Trump’s False ‘No Collusion’ Tweet
President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a tweet that there were “No questions on Collusion” in a list of questions the special counsel reportedly has for the president. There are several inquiries about possible collusion among the questions published by the New York Times.
Headline Misrepresents Executive Order
Q: Did President Donald Trump sign an executive order to “eliminate mass amounts of Democrat voters”?
A: No. Trump signed an executive order to change work requirements for welfare recipients.
League of Conservation Voters
An environmental group launched in 1969 that targets a “Dirty Dozen” list of politicians for defeat.
Clearing Up A Misleading Headline
Q: Has Rod Rosenstein “cleared” President Donald Trump?
A: No. The investigation of Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, and another into Russian meddling in the 2016 election are both ongoing.
Trump Wrong on Comey ‘Leak,’ McCabe Funds
President Donald Trump claimed a memo that former FBI Director James Comey gave to a friend “in order to get a special counsel against me” was “all classified … totally classified.” That’s wrong. It was unclassified at the time and remains unclassified.
FactChecking McCarthy’s Statistics
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy got some of his facts wrong about mandatory spending and the labor participation rate during a recent appearance on Fox Business.
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