Latest Fact-checks in Criminal Justice 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 Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.” Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.” Tony Evers stated on February 11, 2024 in TV interview: “We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.” TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in a TikTok video: Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” TikTok posts stated on January 4, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El papa Juan Pablo II aparece varias veces en los vuelos hacia la isla Epstein". X posts stated on January 3, 2024 in an X post: Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show. Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.” Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.” Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians. Megyn Kelly stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “New police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “changes the narrative” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.” TikTok posts stated on October 26, 2023 in un video enTikTok: “Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York. Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.” Jack Posobiec stated on August 1, 2023 in a tweet: Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.” TikTok posts stated on July 15, 2023 in un video en TikTok: "Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”. TikTok posts stated on July 17, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok: A las personas que van a ver ‘Sound of Freedom’ “en medio de la película se les va la luz, les hacen unas alarmas de bomberos o simplemente dicen que tienen que evacuar”. David Harris Jr. stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention." Instagram posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.” Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview: “Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.” Paul Tonko stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release: “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.” Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.” Glen Sturtevant stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum: On red flag laws. Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Tim Moore stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill: “One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered." Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
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Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.” Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.” Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.” Tony Evers stated on February 11, 2024 in TV interview: “We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.” Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft. Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.” TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in a TikTok video: Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” TikTok posts stated on January 4, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El papa Juan Pablo II aparece varias veces en los vuelos hacia la isla Epstein". X posts stated on January 3, 2024 in an X post: Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show. Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.” Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.” Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians. Megyn Kelly stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “New police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “changes the narrative” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.” TikTok posts stated on October 26, 2023 in un video enTikTok: “Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York. Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.” Jack Posobiec stated on August 1, 2023 in a tweet: Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.” TikTok posts stated on July 15, 2023 in un video en TikTok: "Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”. TikTok posts stated on July 17, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok: A las personas que van a ver ‘Sound of Freedom’ “en medio de la película se les va la luz, les hacen unas alarmas de bomberos o simplemente dicen que tienen que evacuar”. David Harris Jr. stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention." Instagram posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.” Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview: “Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.” Paul Tonko stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release: “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.” Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.” Glen Sturtevant stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum: On red flag laws. Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Tim Moore stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill: “One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered." Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance: “We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”
Tony Evers stated on February 11, 2024 in TV interview: “We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”
Linda Rosenthal stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article: “Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Kelda Helen Roys stated on February 1, 2024 in Public appearance: Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.”
TikTok posts stated on February 5, 2024 in a TikTok video: Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
TikTok posts stated on January 4, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok: "El papa Juan Pablo II aparece varias veces en los vuelos hacia la isla Epstein".
X posts stated on January 3, 2024 in an X post: Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show.
Nick LaLota stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post: Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2023 in a video: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
Megyn Kelly stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “New police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “changes the narrative”
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”
TikTok posts stated on October 26, 2023 in un video enTikTok: “Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York.
Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.”
Jack Posobiec stated on August 1, 2023 in a tweet: Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”
TikTok posts stated on July 15, 2023 in un video en TikTok: "Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”.
TikTok posts stated on July 17, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok: A las personas que van a ver ‘Sound of Freedom’ “en medio de la película se les va la luz, les hacen unas alarmas de bomberos o simplemente dicen que tienen que evacuar”.
David Harris Jr. stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."
Instagram posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram: Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.”
Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview: “Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”
Paul Tonko stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release: “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.
Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release: Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Tim Moore stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill: “One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
