False Claims
Fact check: False claims about Pfizer vaccine stem from company's release of 80000 pages of documents - USA TODAY
The claim: 80,000 pages of Pfizer data show the vaccine has a 12% efficacy rate, harms fetuses As the spring saw another surge of coronavirus cases across the country, healthcare officials are u...
Read moreJan 6 committee airs closed door video of Bill Barr deposition - Axios
The Jan. 6 committee aired a closed door video of former Attorney General Bill Barr's deposition to kick of the prime-time hearing. Driving the news: "I told the president it was b******t. I didn...
Read moreBarr Says He Told Trump Stolen Election Rhetoric Was ‘Bull—-‘ - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr said he made it clear to former President Donald Trump that he did not support perpetuating false claims of a stolen election. Barr's comments were heard...
Read moreU.S. Capitol riot hearing shows Trump allies, daughter rejected fraud claims - Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Congressional hearings into the deadly U.S. Capitol attack by Donald Trump's supporters opened on Thursday with the panel presenting video showing that even the for...
Read moreProud Boys' Tarrio calls sedition charge politically orchestrated - The Washington Post
Attorneys for former longtime Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and some of his co-defendants condemned their indictment on the historically rare charge of seditious conspiracy this week a...
Read moreFalse Claims Act Violation Leads to $425,000 Settlement - The National Law Review
The United States Department of Justice settled a case against an instructional systems, training, and logistics service provider to the United States Navy to resolve allegations that the governm...
Read moreFalse claims spread online about Paul Pelosi's DUI arrest - The Associated Press - en Español
CLAIM: All charges were dropped against Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. AP’S ASSESSMENT: Fals...
Read moreFact Check: Did the Military Arrest the White House Deputy Chief of Staff? - The Dispatch
A widely shared article from Real Raw News, which describes itself as trying “to bring light to topics often ignored by others,” claims that the military arrested President Joe Biden’s campaign m...
Read moreRepublican TV Ad Makes False Claim About 'Dead' Voters - FactCheck.org
An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016. Yet, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan fals...
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‘This is false’: Tulsi Gabbard’s office denies whistleblower claims on CIA raid and MKUltra files seizure - WION
Tulsi Gabbard's office has denied reports that explosive files on the United States' so-called mind control experiment, MKUltra, and the tragic assassination of former president John F Kennedy wer...