Misleading
Los Angeles wildfire victims received no meaningful federal assistance
FEMA was providing housing and other aid; one-time immediate payments did not represent all available assistance.
Read evidence and sources →Kakistocracy Files / Evidence Archive
Claims Tracker
What Trump claimed. What the evidence shows. What happened next. One record per claim, with links to sources and documented repetitions.
162Claims tracked
156Assessed claims
31Categories represented
False
There was a federal mandate requiring consumers to buy electric vehicles
Federal emissions and efficiency rules did not require every consumer to purchase an electric vehicle.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Biden-era inflation was caused solely by government overspending and energy prices
Economists cited pandemic disruptions, supply-chain problems and labor costs as well as fiscal stimulus among inflation drivers.
Read evidence and sources →False
The January 6 House committee destroyed all evidence from its investigation
The committee published a lengthy report and extensive supporting records.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Violent crime was rising as Trump returned to office in January 2025
FBI and other available crime data showed a decline in violent crime in the preceding period.
Read evidence and sources →False
The U.S. trade deficit with the EU was $350 billion
The 2024 U.S. goods-and-services trade deficit with the EU was about $148.4 billion; focusing only on merchandise trade distorts the overall bilateral balance.
Read evidence and sources →False
FBI crime data are fraudulent because major cities were omitted
FBI participation was higher than during Trump’s term; missing-city claims did not establish that the reported national trend was fraudulent.
Read evidence and sources →False
The downward revision of 818,000 jobs was proof the jobs were fabricated
The Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly revises preliminary payroll estimates using more complete records; revision is not evidence of fabrication.
Read evidence and sources →False
Everybody wanted Roe v. Wade overturned
Public opinion and the positions of many legal scholars contradict the claim of universal support for overturning Roe.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Trump saved the Affordable Care Act
Trump supported repeal efforts and litigation that could have invalidated the ACA; he did not preserve it by pursuing those policies.
Read evidence and sources →False
Harris would end Pennsylvania fracking on her first day
Harris said she would not ban fracking; a prediction that she would end it immediately misrepresented her stated policy.
Read evidence and sources →False
Democrats support executing babies after birth
Killing a child after birth is homicide, not abortion, and is illegal; the characterization of Democrats’ policy is false.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Immigrants were taking Black, Hispanic, and union jobs on a mass scale
The broad claim was not supported by employment and union membership data reviewed by fact-checkers.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Foreign countries emptied prisons and mental institutions into the United States
Migration and crime experts reported no credible evidence that governments were systematically exporting institutionalized people to the U.S.
Read evidence and sources →False
Harris was sent to negotiate peace with Putin and Zelenskyy before the invasion
Harris attended the Munich Security Conference and met Zelenskyy; she did not negotiate with Putin.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Trump had almost nothing to do with organizing or promoting the January 6 rally
Trump publicly promoted the January 6 gathering and urged supporters to attend, contradicting his characterization of minimal involvement.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Trump offered Pelosi 10,000 National Guard troops before January 6
The claimed direct offer to Pelosi is not substantiated by the record, and Pelosi did not make the admission Trump attributed to her.
Read evidence and sources →False
No Trump election-fraud lawsuits were decided on their merits
Multiple election-related lawsuits were decided on the merits, contrary to the assertion that all were dismissed only for standing or technical reasons.
Read evidence and sources →False
The 2020 election was stolen through widespread fraud
Biden won the certified election; repeated investigations and litigation did not establish widespread fraud sufficient to change the outcome.
Read evidence and sources →False
Harris planned to confiscate everybody’s guns
Harris did not propose confiscation of all guns; her positions on certain assault-style weapons were substantially narrower.
Read evidence and sources →False
Trump presided over the greatest economy in American history
Inflation-adjusted GDP growth was higher in numerous previous administrations and years.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Harris was the official border czar in charge of border enforcement
Harris was tasked with addressing root causes of migration in Central America, not running border enforcement.
Read evidence and sources →False
The U.S. left $85 billion in brand-new military equipment in Afghanistan
The number conflates broader spending on Afghan security forces with the value of equipment left behind.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Immigrants in Springfield were eating residents’ pets
City officials said they had no credible reports supporting the allegation.
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