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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally was staged. Thousands of people witnessed the event, which showed Trump visibly injured and resulted in an attendee being killed.
Donald Trump, former president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This was never quite accurate, but it’s been wrong since 2022 and going forward.
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Under New York law, 20 years is the maximum prison time that Trump could get. Some experts say any prison time is unlikely.
Donald Trump, former president
PolitiFact rated this: Grossly exaggerated
PolitiFact says: If Trump gets any prison time at all, he would likely be sentenced to serve the sentences for each count concurrently. That would be four years, at the very most.
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: There were some law experts who said the hush money case against Trump was “strong.”
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The judge told jurors that to find Trump guilty, they must agree unanimously on two things: that Trump falsified business records and that he did so intending to commit a separate crime.
Donald Trump, Former President
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The FBI data for 2023 are preliminary, but crime statistics experts say the reporting behind the downward trend is solid, and that trend is validated by data samples from local and state law enforcement reports.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, told PolitiFact that this claim is false and Habba doesn’t have a Telegram account.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for Tunnel to Towers, the foundation paying off the mortgage for the home of Jonathan Diller, told a news outlet that it had not been in touch with former President Donald Trump about the mortgage.
Donald Trump, former president and 2024 presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Unlike in communist countries, Trump had due process, including a long and public legal procedure.
Donald Trump, Former President
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Homicides and violent crime in general have been trending down the last two years and is nowhere near historic levels.
Donald Trump, former president and 2024 presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Navalny led protests against an authoritarian regime and returned to his country knowing he was a target and landed in prison. Trump was found by a judge to have inflated real estate assets and has the right to appeal.
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FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Claims online say a judge in a case that ended with an $83 million verdict against Donald Trump is linked to sex trafficking. But the Jeffrey Epstein-related case they cite was settled, and the verdict came from a jury.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, has not been accused of or faced charges for sex trafficking.
Donald Trump, former president
PolitiFact rated this: Trump seeks far more protection
PolitiFact says: Police officers have protections against civil suits; Trump seeks protections against criminal prosecution. Also police protections have limits; Trump wants effectively unlimited protection.
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Biden has no control over state-level prosecutors who have brought cases against Trump in Manhattan and Georgia. There's no evidence Biden is involved in Trump's pending federal cases.
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Former President Donald Trump’s comparison of his prosecutions to the Cuban regime downplays the realities of the island’s authoritarian regime, experts said. The Cuban government detains or arrests political opponents.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
The Lincoln Project, Super PAC
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Trump was charged under a part of the Espionage Act concerning the willful retention of national defense information. That’s different from spying.
Gateway Pundit
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False