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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker

“Government officials “could have come and taken” classified documents stored at Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Florida “any time they wanted.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: FBI agents visited Mar-a-Lago on June 3, 2022, but a Trump lawyer refused to allow them to review — let alone take — dozens of boxes from the Trump White House that were being kept in a storage area.

Donald Trump, former president

“As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The overdose death rate did drop in 2018. But this is a cherry-picked view of the trends on Trump’s watch. In the other three of his four years in office, the overdose death rate rose, including a record jump in 2020.

Social media posts

“US Government is giving out $185,000 to US homeowners through a secret stimulus program and users need to enter their details in the accompanying website to get the money”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The disclaimer of the website states that the page is an advertorial for loan service and not a Government Program or aid. This site also seeks personal details of users. However, eligible homeowners who are in financia…