The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 4/23/2019

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)


Claim by Rudy Giuliani: “[T]here is overwhelming evidence” that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “actually obstructed justice.”

FactCheck.org
 rating: No Evidence


Claim by Facebook posts: Says “combined doses of vaccines” have never been tested.

PolitiFact
 rating: Pants on Fire


Claim by Rudy Giuliani: “Nothing was denied” to the special counsel from the Trump administration.

FactCheck.org
 rating: False




Claim by Facebook Post: An image shared on Facebook claimed that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted “they reap what they sow” in response to the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Check Your Fact Rating: False


Claim by Rudy Giuliani: White House counsel Don McGahn “gave three different versions” of his account alleging that Trump directed him to remove the special counsel.

FactCheck.org
 rating: False


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