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Checked by PolitiFact16 Oct 2020United States
Congressional Leadership Fund, Political action committee supporting Republican House candidates

“Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Robert Powell, was paid roughly $700,000 as the general counsel for companies partly owned by Ihor Kolomoisky. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with legal actions taken against Kolomoisky.

Checked by PolitiFact16 Oct 2020United States
Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“Says he didn’t label the Green New Deal a "crucial framework," but instead used that term to describe his own plan, which he said was different from the Green New Deal.”

PolitiFact rated this: Misleading

PolitiFact says: An issue page on Biden’s campaign website does use the term "crucial framework" to describe the Green New Deal. And Biden's timeline for emissions cuts is similar to the one laid out in the Green New Deal.

Checked by FactCheck.org16 Oct 2020United States
Donald J. Trump for President, President's reelection campaign

“The ad shows CNN's Anderson Cooper saying to Joe Biden: "To gun owners out there who say, well, a Biden administration means they're going to come for my guns." After that, Biden is shown saying, "Bingo. You're right.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Out of Context

FactCheck.org says: Biden's full response was: "Bingo. You're right, if you have an assault weapon. The fact of the matter is they should be illegal, period."

Checked by FactCheck.org16 Oct 2020United StatesHealth
Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“We had set up in our administration a pandemic office within the White House. There were 44 people on the ground [in China]. ... All those 44 people came home, never got replaced.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Reuters, citing CDC documents, wrote that CDC’s Beijing office “has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.”

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“Cited "explosive documents" published by the New York Post to claim Joe Biden "went to Ukraine and threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid if they did not fire the prosecutor that was investigating his son and the company that his son worked for.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The Post story and Hunter Biden's emails -- which may or may not be authentic -- don't support Trump's claims.