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Are California recall leaders tied to militias and QAnon? We fact-checked Gov. Newsom's claims By Chris Nichols • March 18, 2021 What Trump told Georgia election officials By Samantha Putterman • March 16, 2021 Was ‘Democracy in the Park’ illegal? By Eric Litke • March 10, 2021 Fact-checking misleading attacks on the HR 1 voting rights bill By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2021 Steve Scalise won’t say election was not stolen. Who else won’t? By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2021 MyPillow CEO Lindell’s film not intended to be taken as fact By Noah Y. Kim • February 5, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Where was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the Capitol riot? By Bill McCarthy • February 4, 2021 A Newsmax host shut down MyPillow CEO’s Dominion conspiracy talk. Here’s the background By Bill McCarthy • February 4, 2021 Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2021 What Donald Trump’s impeachment response leaves out By Bill McCarthy • February 2, 2021 Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2021 What to know about Scott Perry, Trump’s election plot, and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment By Jessica Calefati • January 31, 2021 One last time (as president): Fact-checking Donald Trump’s departure speech By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2021 Here’s why there are flags on the National Mall By Ciara O'Rourke • January 20, 2021 Fact-checking newcomer Lauren Boebert on Trump impeachment, Capitol riot By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2021 Debunking false claims from former Lt. Gen. McInerney on the Capitol riot, COVID-19, election fraud By Daniel Funke • January 12, 2021 After Calling U.S. Capitol Insurrection ‘First Shots Against Tyranny,’ Calif. Lawmaker Backtracks By Chris Nichols • January 12, 2021 A timeline of what Trump said before Jan. 6 Capitol riot By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2021 What we know about Trump’s fundraising off the false claim of election fraud By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2021 There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway By Daniel Funke • January 7, 2021