Polygraph

@achillesid.bsky.social

Todd Achilles | Achilles for Idaho

Scores

Average score

Holds up100

Claims checked

5across 4 checks

False

00% of claims

Mixed

120% of claims

True

240% of claims

Can’t tell

240% of claims
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5 claims

Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesOct 6, 2026The speaker spoke at the Voter Information Forum hosted by the Rexburg Chamber of Commerce on October 6, 2026.The sources support that a Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce voter information forum took place with Todd Achilles featured, but they place the forum on Monday, October 5, not October 6, 2026. The extracted claim's October 6 date is contradicted, and the claimant's own post cannot corroborate that the speaker appeared.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.True60% confidence5 sourcesOct 6, 2026Betty Richardson is a former U.S. Attorney for Idaho.The claim that Betty Richardson is a former U.S. Attorney for Idaho is supported by one biography (Patino Fellowship) stating she was nominated by President Clinton in 1993 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Attorney for Idaho. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording, and no source contradicts it, but the support is from a single unrated source, and a campaign post's Obama-era attribution conflicts with the Clinton date.True80% confidence6 sourcesOct 6, 2026Guy Hurlbutt is a former U.S. Attorney for Idaho.Multiple sources state that Guy Hurlbutt served as United States Attorney for Idaho: the ISB milestone page describes an Idaho attorney appointed U.S. Attorney for Idaho in 1985 and re-appointed under a later president, and a Wikipedia entry says Guy Gordon Hurlbutt served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho in the 1980s. The claim's 'former' status is consistent with his service being in the 1980s; the passage's own assertion of the endorsement is not used as evidence, and the claim matches the passage's wording without added scope.Can’t tell20% confidence6 sourcesOct 12, 2026Working mothers in Blackfoot, Idaho, pay more in federal income tax than multi-billion dollar companies.The sources do not contain the evidence needed to test whether working mothers in Blackfoot, Idaho pay more federal income tax than multi-billion dollar companies. The only sources repeating the claim are the claimant's own posts (sources 6 and 7), which cannot corroborate it, and the official tax sources do not give effective rates for a Blackfoot household or for large companies. The extracted claim tracks the passage's premise faithfully, so no fidelity adjustment changes the outcome.Can’t tell15% confidence3 sourcesOct 5, 2026The author was in Twin Falls on October 4, 2026, knocking on doors and putting up yard signs.The only source describing the event is the claimant's own post (

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