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Crime & justice fact checks
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Screenshots of documents show a former student of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has lodged sexual abuse allegations against him.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
An anti-vaccine activist documented intimidation tactics used against her the day before she was killed.
Publisher’s rating: False
"I’ve seen headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. This … assertion is not only misleading but just plain wrong."
Publisher’s rating: It's complicated
The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.
Publisher’s rating: False
The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.
Publisher’s rating: False
"Ryan Wesley Routh, the second Trump shooter. He looks like a MAGA republican but is a registered democrat."
Publisher’s rating: Ryan Wesley Routh registered as a Democrat in Guilford County, North Carolina, in 1988. In 2002, he changed his party affiliation status to “unaffiliated,” which he has since maintained.
The mother of a missing boy in Nebraska confessed to killing him.
Publisher’s rating: False
“I’ve seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. This assertion is not only misleading, they’re just plain wrong.”
Publisher’s rating: Needs context
Then-Sen. Al Franken "was accused credibly by eight women of groping and forceable kissing. All were corroborated in real time. Two of them were since he was a senator. And the last one that came to light was a congressional staffer."
Publisher’s rating: Claim has notable support
Photo shows Joe Biden touching a child inappropriately.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Video shows a crowd celebrating former President Donald Trump’s conviction.
Publisher’s rating: False
President Joe Biden is going to trial for “treason,” “sedition” and “crimes against humanity.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Says El Chapo "stated in court" that James Comey helped launder $150 million "cartel money for Pelosi."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.”
Publisher’s rating: False