Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Crime Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia." Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians." Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns." Reader stated on September 3, 2015 in an email from a reader: Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010. Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Bernie Sanders stated on August 12, 2015 in web site: "African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police." Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world." Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Police Chief Billy Grogan stated on July 14, 2015 in press release: Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified. Cornell William Brooks stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on Face the Nation: "We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year." Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel." Bernie Sanders stated on June 11, 2015 in an interview on PBS: "A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail." Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever." Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor." Ken Plum stated on March 12, 2015: "We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison." John Legend stated on February 22, 2015 in a speech at the Oscars: "We live in the most incarcerated country in the world." Barack Obama stated on February 8, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys: "Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks." Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless. Jorge Elorza stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence." Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes." Amy Klobuchar stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves." American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." Wendy Davis stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad: Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer. John Chisholm stated on June 2, 2014 in a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work." Robin Vos stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview: "In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
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Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia." Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians." Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns." Reader stated on September 3, 2015 in an email from a reader: Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010. Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Bernie Sanders stated on August 12, 2015 in web site: "African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police." Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world." Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Police Chief Billy Grogan stated on July 14, 2015 in press release: Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified. Cornell William Brooks stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on Face the Nation: "We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year." Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel." Bernie Sanders stated on June 11, 2015 in an interview on PBS: "A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail." Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever." Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor." Ken Plum stated on March 12, 2015: "We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison." John Legend stated on February 22, 2015 in a speech at the Oscars: "We live in the most incarcerated country in the world." Barack Obama stated on February 8, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys: "Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks." Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless. Jorge Elorza stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence." Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes." Amy Klobuchar stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves." American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence. John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s." Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American." Wendy Davis stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad: Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer. John Chisholm stated on June 2, 2014 in a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work." Robin Vos stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview: "In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
Joe Donald stated on December 2, 2015 in an interview: "We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
Reader stated on September 3, 2015 in an email from a reader: Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010.
Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
Bernie Sanders stated on August 12, 2015 in web site: "African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police."
Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."
Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
Police Chief Billy Grogan stated on July 14, 2015 in press release: Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.
Cornell William Brooks stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on Face the Nation: "We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel."
Bernie Sanders stated on June 11, 2015 in an interview on PBS: "A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."
Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."
Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."
Ken Plum stated on March 12, 2015: "We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
John Legend stated on February 22, 2015 in a speech at the Oscars: "We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
Barack Obama stated on February 8, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys: "Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 23, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.
Jorge Elorza stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."
Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.: "The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes."
Amy Klobuchar stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves."
American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence.
John Oliver stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight": "The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Andrea Mitchell stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press": In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."
Wendy Davis stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad: Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
John Chisholm stated on June 2, 2014 in a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work."
Robin Vos stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview: "In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
