The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/14/2024

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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

UNPROVEN	Claim via Social Media: The Obamas were “secretly plotting” for U.S. President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 election so that former first lady Michelle Obama could take his place as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Snopes.com rating: Unproven Obamas ‘Secretly Plotting’ to Replace Biden with Michelle Obama for the ’24 Election?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Judge in E. Jean Carroll-Donald Trump trial “involved in sex trafficking.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Made up claim) Judge in Donald Trump-E. Jean Carroll case is not involved in sex trafficking. That’s Pants on Fire!
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Matthew Rosendale (R): “It’s been revealed that Fauci brought COVID to the Montana one year before COVID broke out in the U.S.!” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (The study Rosendale’s statements refer to involved WIV1-CoV, a virus with a genetic makeup different from that of COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2. China did not ship the virus to Montana. Researchers used a lab-created clone using a genetic sequence provided by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.) Congressman off base in ad claiming Fauci shipped COVID-19 to Montana a year before it was detected
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: “looks like Jared Kushner has to ‘pay back the $2billion from Saudi Arabia In Full to The Government.'” FactCheck.org rating: False (No Evidence) Posts Misrepresent Saudi Prince’s Comment on Investment in Kushner Fund
FALSE	Claim by Michael McCaul (R): Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ border policy is “personally responsible” for fentanyl crossing the border Politifact rating: False (Border policies are shaped by the Homeland Security chief, the president, and Congress, not just by Mayorkas. Although Border Patrol agents seize a small percentage of illicitly produced fentanyl, the vast majority of fentanyl enters the country in vehicles driven by U.S. citizens.) GOP claims that Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas is ‘responsible’ for fentanyl crisis are false
FALSE	(International: Mexico): A video shared on X claims to show Azerbaijani Islamist leader Ovsum Samadov caught on the southern border. Check Your Fact rating: False (There is no evidence that the man in the video is Samadov. He denied it in an interview with an Azerbaijani outlet.) FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Azerbaijani Islamist Leader Caught On Southern Border

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