“On keeping inspectors general independent of the president”
What PolitiFact found
Sen. Ron Johnson strongly advocated for keeping inspectors general (federal watchdogs) independent of the president under Obama. But under Trump he now says they "work and serve the president."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron Johnson (U.S. Sen., R-Wisconsin) made this claim around 17 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
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