Ken Starr Statement on Impeachment Inquiry Spreads Without Full Context
A partial quote of the Fox News commentator did not match up with the actual context of his remarks.
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Mitch McConnell: ‘Completely and Utterly Perplexed’ by Those Who Argue Perjury, Obstruction of Justice Aren’t High Crimes?
A long-circulating screenshot quotes the Senate Majority Leader as advocating for the impeachment of a sitting president.
What Is a SCIF and Why Does It Matter?
As some Republican lawmakers entered a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility with their mobile phones in hand, social media lit up with discussions about the significance of their appearance.
The Constitution, Impeachment, a Paper Shredder, and Hillary Clinton’s Twitter
A screenshot of a creatively-edited tweet that was purportedly shown onscreen during a Fox News segment sent us down a research rabbit hole.
Would Trump Get to ‘Run Two More Times’ If He Is Not Impeached?
A far-right disinformation purveyor claims that he got critics “to read the Constitution” with a purportedly farcical tweet.
Were 2019’s First Three House Bills for Impeachment, an Electoral College Ban, and Foreign Aid?
On April 7 2019 the Facebook page “ForAmerica” shared the following meme (archived here), purportedly describing Democrats’ first three House bills in 2019: Atop a photograph of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California), text read: THE FIRST THREE BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE BY DEMOCRATS: IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT BAN THE ELECTORAL …
Are Tweets by Jacob Wohl and Jack Posobiec About ‘Impeaching’ Barack Obama Real?
In late January 2019, tweets attributed to far-right “influencers” Jack Posobiec and Jacob Wohl on the subject of impeaching former President Barack Obama circulated on social media in screenshot form: The image looked like a screengrab from Tumblr page in which the two purported May 2018 tweets from Posobiec and Wohl appeared alongside commentary from …
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