Q: Were 4 million Democratic votes found to be fraudulent?
A: No. The company that supposedly made the voting machines in question doesn’t appear to exist.
4 Million Democratic Votes Weren’t Discounted
Locations: National
Trump’s Power Puffery
At a meeting on international trade, President Donald Trump falsely claimed his policies have reduced the cost of electricity for U.S. businesses. In fact, electricity costs have increased in Trump’s first 10 months in office.
Video: Trump’s DACA Boast
The subject of this week’s fact-checking video is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
No Black Lives Matter Embezzlement Scandal
Q: Was a Black Lives Matter activist sued after stealing millions of dollars in donations?
A: No. That scandal was made up by a website that calls itself satirical.
Trump Overstates Role in Apple’s Plans
President Trump claimed that “Apple is investing $350 billion in the United States” over the next five years all because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That’s contradicted by Apple’s chief executive officer, who said that “there’s large parts of this that we would have done in any situation.”
No Logan Act Charges Against John Kerry
Q: Is John Kerry facing felony charges under the Logan Act?
A: No. The former secretary of state has not been charged.
Video: Black Unemployment Under Trump
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews President Donald Trump’s claim that the black unemployment rate is the lowest in recorded history “because of my policies.”
Trump’s Misleading DACA Boast
President Donald Trump makes a misleading comparison when he says his legislative proposal to make the DACA program permanent will “generously” cover “almost three times more people than the previous administration covered.”
Groundhog Friday, Groundhog Day Edition
Politicians often make the same claims over and over again, leaving us fact-checkers empathizing with Bill Murray’s character in that 1993 classic “Groundhog Day.” This week was no different.
Video: Trump’s State of the Union
This video reviews President Donald Trump’s claims in the State of the Union about trade, job creation, auto plants, wages, immigration and U.S. aid to developing countries.