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Trump’s “Decoy Dan” Posts: Six Claims on Alaska’s Senate Spoiler Controversy

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 3 Misleading, 1 False

The NYT recruitment report is real; the DOJ investigation is real. But “election-rigging,” Sullivan’s “disappearance,” confirmed crimes, and Norm Eisen’s alleged role are unsupported by the evidence.

Has the Trump DOJ Refused to Release the Epstein Files?

Verdicts: 3 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 2 Unproven, 1 Misleading

Trump signed the release law. DOJ released millions of pages, but courts found violations and NPR confirmed Trump-related files were specifically missing.

Public Citizen’s count of Trump’s canceled corporate cases holds up; its math and $3.1B figure do not

Verdicts: 5 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 False

Trump’s agencies did drop cases and pardon companies, as Public Citizen says. But its totals don’t add up, and most of its $3.1 billion figure was cut by a judge under Biden.

Fact-Check: Attorney General Todd Blanche on Meet the Press, August 16, 2026

Verdicts: 3 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 2 Misleading, 2 False

Two claims rate False: Blanche on presidential direction (the Bondi episode contradicts the “never”) and his Biden clemency description (Jan. 17 commutations were non-violent).

Did Biden’s Pardon Strip Fauci of His Fifth Amendment Rights?

Verdicts: 1 Contested

Brown v. Walker supports the claim’s logic, but perjury exposure, three state AG subpoenas, and autopen questions leave Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation legally unresolved.

Analysis

The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized

Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump’s first and second terms, creating a…

The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund: Where the Money Comes From, Where It Goes, and What’s Legal

Verdicts: 3 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed

Trump created a $1.776B taxpayer fund to compensate allies he says Biden ‘wronged’ — funded by a permanent Treasury account, overseen by his own appointees, with Jan. 6 defendants eligible to claim.

Analysis

The Enemies List: A Case-by-Case Audit of Trump’s Retaliatory Prosecutions

37+ individuals targeted by federal investigations since Trump’s second term — at least 5 dismissed by judges, 3 dropped by DOJ, 6 preceded by Trump’s public demands, and only 1 resulting in a…

Analysis

The Insider Trading Pattern: Who’s Making Billions Before Trump’s Announcements?

The DOJ is investigating $2.6 billion in suspicious oil futures trades placed minutes before Trump’s Iran announcements, cabinet officials dumped stocks days before tariff crashes, and the agencies…

Analysis

Musk, America PAC, and DOGE: What Laws Were Broken and What Happens Next

The DOJ warned Musk the giveaway may violate federal law, his own lawyers admitted winners were preselected, and DOGE faces 200+ lawsuits — but no criminal charges have been filed yet.

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