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    Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks

    • October 12, 2016

    Donald Trump cited apparent excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s past closed-door speeches, contained in emails leaked by WikiLeaks, but he twisted those excerpts in some cases.

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    FactChecking the Second Presidential Debate

    • October 10, 2016

    We found a mountain of false and misleading statements in the second meeting of the presidential nominees.

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  • thinking_obama

    Obama’s Numbers October 2016 Update

    • October 9, 2016

    Our last update on statistical indicators of the Obama presidency before his successor is elected.

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    FactChecking the VP Debate

    • October 5, 2016

    The vice presidential candidates got their one chance to debate, and it was a fact-checking bonanza.

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    Clinton on the Stump

    • October 3, 2016

    Part two of our series checking the accuracy of claims made by the presidential candidates in their daily stump speeches.

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Jolly, Trump Photos Are Fake

  • October 14, 2016

Some voters may be misled by a Democratic TV ad that uses fake images, marked “dramatization,” of Republican Rep. David Jolly and Donald Trump shaking hands and appearing together.

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Groundhog Friday

  • October 14, 2016

At this stage of the campaign, we often hear similar claims repeated over and over in stump speeches.

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Trump Twists Facts on Murder Case

  • October 14, 2016

Donald Trump falsely claimed that a “criminal alien” released from prison in 2012 and later convicted of murdering a Connecticut woman in 2015 was “set free by [Hillary] Clinton’s watch” when she was secretary of state.

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Clinton’s Auto Bailout Falsehood

  • October 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton wrongly said that “back in the Great Recession … Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said … ‘Let it go.’ ” He supported the bailout in 2008. The “let it go” quote is from 2015, and taken out of context.

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Trump’s Misguided Debate Bias Claim

  • October 13, 2016

Donald Trump wrongly labeled the debates “rigged” because the Commission on Presidential Debates’ “head guy used to work for Bill Clinton.”

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Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks

  • October 12, 2016

Donald Trump cited apparent excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s past closed-door speeches, contained in emails leaked by WikiLeaks, but he twisted those excerpts in some cases.

Click here to read more

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Video: Town Hall Debate Fact-checks

  • October 12, 2016

In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper goes over seven claims from our analysis of the second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

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Video: The Second Debate

  • October 10, 2016

In this video, we highlight six claims from the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Oct. 9 in St. Louis.

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FactChecking the Second Presidential Debate

  • October 10, 2016

We found a mountain of false and misleading statements in the second meeting of the presidential nominees.

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Obama’s Numbers October 2016 Update

  • October 9, 2016

Our last update on statistical indicators of the Obama presidency before his successor is elected.

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