Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP PhotoPremium Fact Check: No, Kash Patel Is Not Having Custom Bourbon Made on the FBI's Dime "One thing not for sale is liquor, because liquor is something Patel gives away for free," The Atlantic's piece claimed. By C. Douglas Golden May 9, 2026
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Dan Kitwood / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Did a US F-15E Just Crash in Iran? “The cause of the crash is still unknown, though at least one source attributed it to Iranian air defenses,” one report read. True? By C. Douglas Golden March 6, 2026
Brendan Smialowski - AFP / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: No, Hegseth Did Not Indicate Boots Would Be on the Ground in Iran "We’ve proven that you can achieve objectives that advance American interests without being foolish," Hegseth said. By C. Douglas Golden March 4, 2026
Al Drago / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Did Trump Post a 'Racist Video' of the Obamas? "The Democrats are lying. Trump wasn’t being racist towards Barack and Michelle Obama," one social media commenter said. By C. Douglas Golden February 7, 2026
Brandon Bell / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Are Young Republican Voters Turning Away from JD Vance? “If you look at what he was about in 2018, 2019, 2020, and you look at what he’s about now, it’s very, very different." By C. Douglas Golden January 26, 2026
Arnold Turner / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Did Actress Pam Grier Actually Witness Lynchings as a Child, as She Claimed on 'The View'? "My mom would go, 'don't look, don't look, don't look,' and she would pull us away because there's someone hanging from a tree," Grier said. By C. Douglas Golden January 25, 2026
whitehouse.gov/j6 / Screen shotCommentary Top CNN 'Fact Checker' Spirals Over White House Website That Destroys Media's Jan. 6 Narratives "The White House has created a truly bananas up-is-down fake-history web page about what happened on Jan. 6 and in the 2020 election." By C. Douglas Golden January 8, 2026
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Fact Check: Did Kash Patel Admit to Deleting a Huge Chunk of the Epstein Files? "Reporters looked up. Other committee members leaned forward. Patel's smile faded, but he maintained his composure," the video claimed. By C. Douglas Golden January 2, 2026
MarioGuti - iStock / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Was the Video of Jeffrey Epstein's Suicide Accidentally Published by the DOJ Actually Real? The video showed up on the Department of Justice's website for a reason, and not exactly the one you might expect to hear. By C. Douglas Golden December 29, 2025