Michael Oller is defending an accused child abuser.
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The DSR NetworkAug 28, 2026
The claim is extracted from a passage calling 'a Michael Oller' a mouthpiece 'busy defending a incredibly accused child abuser'; the sources include no coverage tying a Michael Oller to defending any child abuse defendant.
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What was said
… These are choices: you can have Mike Rogers, who is nothing more than a ventriloquist dummy for Donald Trump, or you can have Elsiad. You can have someone who is just a mouthpiece, like a Michael Oller, who is busy defending a incredibly accused child abuser, or you could have a 16-year military veteran in Kate Conley. These are very stark choices. I think the more the voters see the actual candidates, the real choices, I think the better Democrats are gonna do. …
The DSR Network · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The 2016 Tenth Circuit FindLaw opinion concerns Anthony Michael Oller, a pro se habeas petitioner convicted of manslaughter and related charges in Oklahoma, not a defense lawyer or political figure.[4]
Context. The 1988 Georgia Court of Appeals opinion involves an appellant named Oller convicted of child molestation, a different person from the claimed figure and from any defense attorney tied to the 2026 passage.[5]
Context. No source addresses the Michael Oller referenced in the August 28, 2026 remarks or identifies him as defending any accused child abuser.[1][2][3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Sources
12 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 9 not rated
- 1Searchfullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Reuters Fact Checkreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Child Abuse news - Today’s latest updatescbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 4Anthony Michael Oller, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jason Bryant, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. (2016) | FindLawcaselaw.findlaw.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Oller v. Statecourtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Misinformation Toolkit – Full Factdev.fullfact.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Latest News in Trialslaw360.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Colorado Child Abuse Crimes, Penalties and Sentencing - C.R.S. 18 ...denver-colorado-criminal-lawyer.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Child abusefalseallegationshub.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 10Man Charged With Inappropriately Touching 11-Year-Old ...spectrumnews1.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 11NO. 12-19-00398-CRcases.justia.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 12Child abuse News, Research and Analysis - The Conversationtheconversation.com · not rated · cited for: context
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