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Courts ruled against 18 of Cohen’s 26 charges and settled two

Verdicts: 3 True, 9 Mostly True, 7 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 7 Contested, 1 False

Rep. Steve Cohen filed 26 impeachment articles. Courts have ruled against 18 at some stage, the Supreme Court has settled two, and eight have no court ruling at all.

Max Miller abuse allegations are documented in court filings but unproven

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Unproven

Three allegations against Rep. Max Miller are circulating as settled fact. All three are real court filings by his ex-wife, all are denied, and the police investigation never named anyone.

A judge stayed one job-application question, not a loyalty oath for employees

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Misleading

A court did stay the Trump administration’s ‘loyalty question’ on September 11. It reached job applicants, not sitting employees, and one essay question of four.

Analysis

The Footnotes Were the New Part

A federal judge found HHS built its teen pregnancy policy on citations that do not exist. The fabrications sit exactly where the law demanded evidence and none was available.

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