“The Department of Justice must pursue criminal charges if applicable” against the the Supreme Court draft opinion leaker.”
Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader. Claim dated 3 May 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisExperts say charges unlikely
In short
Mitch McConnell (Senate Minority Leader) made this claim around 3 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Experts say charges unlikely”.
Mitch McConnell has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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