Rep. Kevin McCarthy

House Speaker. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2023. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by FactCheck.org18 Jan 2023United States Politics and government

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker

“Government officials “could have come and taken” classified documents stored at Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Florida “any time they wanted.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: FBI agents visited Mar-a-Lago on June 3, 2022, but a Trump lawyer refused to allow them to review — let alone take — dozens of boxes from the Trump White House that were being kept in a storage area.

Checked by FactCheck.org23 Jun 2021United States

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, House Republican leader

“It takes hardworking taxpayer money and gives it to candidates" to finance their federal campaigns.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The public matching fund would be financed through a 4.75% surcharge on certain criminal fines and civil settlements and fines imposed on corporate defendants and their executive officers.