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Checked by PolitiFact18 Aug 2021United StatesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The U.S. envoy chosen by President Donald Trump, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly confirmed that he secured the release of senior Taliban official Abdul Ghani Baradar from prison in Pakistan ahead of negotiations.

Checked by PolitiFact12 Aug 2021United StatesPolitics and government
Social media posts

“The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: It’s unknown whether such a fee, if one is created, would replace or be in addition to federal gasoline taxes, or whether it would be set at a rate that would make driving a car too costly.

Checked by Vera Files9 Aug 2021PhilippinesPolitics and government
Franklin Drilon

“Through Republic Act No. 10699 enacted in 2015 during the term of then President Benigno Aquino III, Congress granted tax exemption on winnings of national athletes.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: It is Republic Act No. 7549, enacted on May 22, 1992 during the term of the late President Corazon C. Aquino, that exempts from income tax payments “all prizes and awards” granted to athletes participating in local or i…