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Checked by FactCheck.org20 Jun 2023United States
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president

“I didn't show" a classified plan of a U.S. attack on Iran to people who lacked security clearances. "I didn’t have a document, per se. ... These were newspaper stories, magazine stories, and articles.”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Review The Facts

FactCheck.org says: The indictment contains the transcript of an audiotape of Trump's meeting w/ 4 people who lack security clearance. Trump's heard discussing what he calls a “highly confidential” “plan of attack” that is “still a secret.

Donald Trump, Former U.S. president

“President Biden is "fighting them on the boxes. He doesn’t want to give the boxes. And then they say, ‘Trump is obstructioning.’ He’s obstructing.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The FBI searched the Senate records that Biden had donated to the University of Delaware, and Biden’s attorneys gave federal officials the classified documents that were found at Biden’s home and former office.

Chris Christie, Republican presidential candidate

“Pfizer alone had developed a COVID-19 vaccine and U.S. residents were the first to get access to it because of the U.S. free-market system.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Pfizer partnered with BioNTech, a German-based company, on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, which became available at the same time in several countries, including the U.S., Canada and in the European Union.

Checked by FactCheck.org8 Jun 2023United States
Mike Pence, Republican presidential candidate

“When I informed the Department of Justice that we had classified materials potentially in our home. ... The FBI was on my front doorstep the next day. ... When Joe Biden apparently alerted the Department of Justice, 80 days later, they showed up at his office.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: That’s not an accurate account of how things unfolded regarding classified documents held by Biden.

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“Under Biden’s current policies, even though these millions of illegal border crossers have entered the country unlawfully, all of their future children will become automatic U.S. citizens.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: That's not a Biden policy, but rather it has been the standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment going back more than 100 years, including under Trump.