Dar Leaf is the sheriff of Barry County, Michigan.
Posted by Your World Tonight, Checked
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Your World TonightOct 28, 2026
Multiple sources, including a CBC report published on the claim date (2026-10-28) and a WOOD report from 2026-09-21, identify Dar Leaf as the Barry County, Michigan sheriff, so the claim was true on 2026-10-28.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… I had so many people asking me if my tabby on the internet, how do you know it's not on the internet? Six years after the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill, election deniers are now in positions of authority across the country, and in this part of Michigan, it is the county sheriff, Dar Leaf, who has been spreading conspiracies about voting machines software. I mean, you can program that software to do pretty much anything you want. Leaf says he would consider seizing ballots in these midterms if he suspected voter fraud. …
Your World Tonight · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CBC News, published 2026-10-28, describes "sheriff Dar Leaf" as the sheriff in Barry County, Michigan, and quotes him on his ongoing investigations.[3]
Supports. WOOD TV, published 2026-09-21, reports on the "Barry County sheriff" Dar Leaf's dispute with the Michigan Secretary of State's Office over election claims.[4]
Supports. AP (2023) identifies Leaf as "the chief law enforcement officer for Barry County, Michigan," and Reuters (2022) describes him as the "Republican sheriff" of rural Barry County.[1][2]
Context. The passage refers to "this part of Michigan" and Woodland Township in western Michigan, which the sources place in Barry County, so the county name follows from the post's own referent.
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2A far-right sheriff crusades to prove Trump's bogus voter- ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3With election deniers now in power in the U.S., who will safeguard the midterm results? | CBC Newscbc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Barry County sheriff, SOS quarrel over latest election claimswoodtv.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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