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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.

Iowa steel plant builder is Indian-owned and files H-1B visas, as Greene said

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

Mesabi Metallics is owned by India’s Essar Group and has filed for H-1B workers in Minnesota. It is not new to the U.S., and its Iowa plant is still only a plan.

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.

Trump’s claims that oil was higher under Biden and prices are falling don’t hold

Verdicts: 1 Unproven, 3 Misleading, 2 False

Brent closed at $109.51 on Sept 9. Oil beat that on 72 of Biden’s 1,011 trading days. Core prices, energy already excluded, are up 1.83 percent since January.

America Guarantees Zero Days Off

Verdicts: 1 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 3 False

Trump said America has too many holidays, costing billions. US law mandates zero paid holidays and zero paid vacation, alone among 21 rich countries. Japan guarantees 15.

Trump’s Election-Integrity Disclosure: What the Declassified Documents Actually Say

Verdicts: 1 True, 3 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 5 Misleading

The July 16 address released genuine intelligence records. On most claims, the documents’ own caveats, confidence levels and context cut against the framing the speech drew from them.

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