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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Donald Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love.” Here are the facts. 

Donald Trump often misrepresents what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, even referring to convicted rioters as “hostages.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Achiya Schatz runs an organization in Israel called FakeReporter that authenticates images and videos that appear online in order to combat fake news. The group was founded three years ago. Before the war, it was focused on trying to help people who were targeted with online harassment for speaking out against corruption.

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  • Technology

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

A former Israeli combat soldier runs a nonprofit out of his in-laws' front yard that fact-checks posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war in real time.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A person drops off a mail-in ballot at an election ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa., Oct. 25, 2021. On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, The Associated Press reported on a film that used a flawed analysis of cellphone location data and ballot drop box surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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  • News

A film claims 2K 'mules' illegally harvested ballots for drop boxes. Those claims have gaping holes

A film debuting in over 270 theaters across the United States this week uses a flawed analysis of cellphone location data and ballot drop box surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election nearly 18 months after it ended. The film claims thousands of Democrat-aligned ballot "mules" were supposedly paid to illegally collect and drop off ballots in five battleground states, but experts say the claim is based on assumptions and improper data analysis.

May 04, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The last day to request an absentee ballot in Georgia’s Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff is Jan. 1.

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  • Elections

Fact Check: Fulton County Is Not Missing Ballots Or Hundreds Of Drop Box Custody Forms

A pair of reports posted by pro-Trump media outlets falsely claim Fulton County is missing documentation and ballots from November's election, the latest attacks on Georgia's voting process by those who refuse to accept the results.

June 17, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Then-Vice President Joe Biden presides over a joint session of Congress in January 2017 to formally name Donald Trump as president-elect.

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  • Politics

FACT CHECK: What Pence And Congress Can And Can't Do About The Election

Many Republicans have indicated they will object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but there's next to no chance it will change the outcome.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

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  • Elections

Fact Check: Brad Raffensperger's Brother Is Not A Chinese Tech Executive Named Ron

President Trump is continuing to spread lies and misinformation about the 2020 general election, including a false claim that Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is related to Ron Raffensperger, CTO of Chinese technology firm Huawei. While Raffensperger does have siblings, including a brother, none of them are named Ron.

December 30, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rudy Giuliani talks with Georgia State Sens. Jen Jordan (D-Atlanta) and Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) during a break in a Georgia State Senate hearing Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

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  • Elections

Fact Checking Rudy Giuliani's Grandiose Georgia Election Fraud Claim

The president's legal team came to a Georgia State Senate hearing Thursday to share allegations of fraud and misconduct with Georgia's election. Most of the claims were false, misleading or lacking actual evidence.

December 04, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Palm Beach County canvassing board chairman Judge Charles Burton rubs his eyes as board member Carol Roberts (left) shows a questionable ballot to the Democratic attorneys during the hand counting of ballots in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 22, 2000.

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  • Analysis

FACT CHECK: What's Happening In This Election Is Not Like Florida In 2000

President Trump is challenging the results of the presidential election, which his allies have compared to the contested race 20 years ago. But there are many differences between the two.

November 13, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Vice President Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore.

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  • Politics

Fact-Checking 6 Claims Pence Made About Biden's Record In His RNC Speech

Pence warned that a Biden administration would threaten American freedoms and crumble the nation's economy. In making that case, Pence deployed several inaccurate or questionable claims.

August 27, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas

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