Russia’s war on Ukraine, the U.S. midterm elections and investigations into former President Donald Trump were just a few of the headlines in 2022.
These stories spurred misinformation and left readers with questions.
At PolitiFact, we looked for opportunities to go beyond our fact-checking and dive deep into complex news events, answering readers' queries and profiling prominent misinformers along the way.
Here’s a countdown of the 10 most-read PolitiFact stories in 2022.
10. Can Trump run for president if charged with and convicted of removing official records?
The FBI removed more than a dozen boxes of presidential records, including some containing classified material, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, during a property search in August.
Removing and destroying official records is a federal crime and, per a federal statute, bars people convicted of it from holding office. But that doesn’t mean Trump could not be president again in 2024. The U.S. Constitution lists age, citizenship and residency as the only qualifications to run for president; it does not mention criminal charges or convictions.
9. Looming food shortages? Probably not in the U.S.
Well-known pundits and viral posts warned of a "devastating" food crisis in the U.S. after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in late February.
The war affected economies worldwide and disrupted supplies of commodities such as wheat and sunflower seed oil. But the U.S. and other wealthy nations were not as...
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