The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 12/5/2019

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Claim by House Republican staff: “The impeachment inquiry has uncovered no clear evidence that President Trump directed Ambassador Volker, Ambassador Sondland, and Secretary Perry to work with Mayor Giuliani for the purpose of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival.”

PolitiFact rating: Sondland said the opposite

Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine

Claim by Donald Trump: “When I came in [territory once held by ISIS] was virtually 100%. And I knocked it down to zero.”

FactCheck.org rating: False

FactChecking Trump’s NATO Remarks

Claim by Jim Justice: China today is “burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True

Does China burn seven to eight times more coal than U.S.?

Claim by Devin Nunes: “Did you know that Joe Biden called Ukrainian President Poroshenko at least three times in February 2016 after the president and owner of Burisma’s home was raided on February 2nd by the state prosecutor’s office?”

Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios

Analysis | GOP tries to connect dots on Biden and Ukraine, but comes up short

Claim by John Kennedy: Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko “actively worked for Secretary Clinton.”

PolitiFact rating: False

No evidence Ukraine president helped Hillary Clinton, as GOP senator claimed

International Fact Checks

Claim by Multiple sources: This video shows a Hong Kong school forcing students to strike

AFP Fact Check rating: False

This video shows a Hong Kong preacher delivering a sermon unrelated to student strikes

Claim by Multiple sources: Death row inmate granted pardon and released by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Sri Lanka’s president denied issuing any such directive; the Prisons Department said the inmate remains in jail

Claim by News Nation: FACT CHECK: Has Modi Govt Passed New Law To Award Death Penalty To ‘Potential Rapists’?

News Nation rating: False

FACT CHECK: Has Modi Govt Passed New Law To Award Death Penalty To ‘Potential Rapists’?

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