FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely discusses the facts about Donald Trump’s economic speech and Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Trump’s Economic Speech, Clinton’s Emails
Stories by Eugene Kiely
Former Director, FactCheck.org
FactChecking the Economic Speeches
FactCheck.org Deputy Managing Editor Robert Farley appears on WHYY’s “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane” to discuss economic speeches by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s False Obama-ISIS Link
Donald Trump claims that President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “founded ISIS.” But the origin of the Islamic State terrorist group dates back to the Bush administration.
Clinton’s Economic Speech
Two days after Donald Trump gave a major speech on economics in Detroit, Hillary Clinton came to Michigan to offer a rebuttal. We found that Clinton stretched the facts on a few points.
Trump’s Baseless Claim on Iranian Execution
Donald Trump speculates that Shahram Amiri — an Iranian nuclear scientist who defected to the U.S. and reportedly became a CIA spy — was executed in Iran recently “because of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails.” There is no evidence of that.
Trump’s Economic Speech
Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements in a speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Aug. 8.
Spinning Clinton’s Emails (Again)
Rep. Xavier Becerra claimed that FBI Director James Comey testified that Hillary Clinton “had no knowledge” of sending and receiving classified emails on her private server as secretary of state. That’s not what Comey said.
July 30, 2016: Trade, Debt, Putin
Video: FactChecking Clinton’s Speech
The last of our daily fact-checking videos from the political conventions focuses on Hillary Clinton’s speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.
FactChecking the Democratic Convention
FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely discusses some of the false and misleading claims at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.