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Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
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True80% confidence5 sourcesSep 7, 2026Georgia has implemented attacks on the right to vote in recent years, particularly targeting communities of color and Black voters.Said by BMultiple sources, including AP, Reuters, PolitiFact, and AJC analysis of state election data, document that Georgia's 2021 SB 202 law restricted absentee voting, drop boxes, and added ID requirements, with analyses showing disproportionate burdens on Black voters and voters of color. The claim's 'attacks on the right to vote' characterization is an interpretive framing, but the core assertion of targeting/disproportionate impact on communities of color and Black voters is supported by the record, while PolitiFact notes some disputing views that the comparison is overblown.True90% confidence4 sourcesSep 7, 2026Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida in August 2026.Said by AMultiple tier1 outlets report that Trump requested and returned a mail ballot in Florida's August 18, 2026 Republican primary, with the ballot returned August 13, and the White House did not deny it, calling it a 'non-story'. The claim departs from the post only by adding the explicit 'August 2026' date, which matches the post's 'last month' framing when posted in September.True90% confidence4 sourcesSep 7, 2026Donald Trump is currently serving in the White House.Said by AMultiple primary and tier1 sources published around the claim date (Sept–Nov 2026) identify Donald Trump as the sitting U.S. president in the White House, with the USA.gov page and Trump Library page stating he began his second term on January 20, 2025. The claim is graded as of 2026-09-07 and no source indicates he had left office by then.True92% confidence7 sourcesSep 7, 2026The Trump administration has sent the Department of Homeland Security to look for election fraud.Said by AThe sources consistently show the Trump administration directing the Department of Homeland Security to search for noncitizen voting and election fraud, under an initiative called the "Unlawful Voter Initiative," during Trump's second term. The extracted claim drops the post's "since he has been back in the White House" framing, but that is a faithful paraphrase and the core assertion holds as of the 2026-09-07 posting date.True68% confidence4 sourcesSep 7, 2026Mark Elias has stated that the Trump administration has lost over 23 cases in court regarding election litigation.Said by AElias's own posts and podcast remarks, as reported in the sources, say the DOJ has lost more than 23 consecutive voter-roll cases (25 by Sept 23, 27 by Oct 24), so the claim that he stated it is supported. The claim is broader than the record: his counts cover DOJ voter-roll cases, not all election litigation, and the 23+ figure was stated after the Sept 7 posting date, when Reuters counted 21.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence6 sourcesSep 7, 2026Maria Bartiromo was fired in part because she shared information about instructions to not cover election fraud claims.Said by AFox never stated a reason for Bartiromo's exit, but multiple outlets citing sources (CNN's source, Puck, and reporting cited by Raw Story from Status, NYT and WSJ) say she was dismissed for sharing internal guidance on covering Trump's election claims with the White House, and Navarro publicly said the same on 2026-11-02. Her lawyer calls the firing reports 'absolutely and unequivocally false,' and the claim's 'reportedly' qualifier was dropped, so this rests on reporting rather than an official confirmation.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True97% confidence5 sourcesSep 7, 2026In May 2024, a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.Said by AMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, NBC, NPR, CNN) report that a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on May 30, 2024, matching the claim's month, count, and charge. The claim's added note that the payments concealed Stormy Daniels payments is also supported, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 7, 2026Donald Trump claimed that Michael Cohen recanted his testimony in the New York cases.Said by AThe claim is about what Trump said, and multiple outlets confirm that Trump posted on Truth Social on September 4, 2026 that Cohen had 'fully RECANTED' his testimony, and repeated it on September 9. Separately, the Inquirer and Washington Sun report that Cohen has not formally recanted anything, so the underlying recantation claim is disputed, but that does not make the claim that Trump made it false.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 7, 2026Michael Cohen admitted under oath that he lied to a federal judge when he pled guilty to a crime.Said by DMultiple tier1 reports of Judge Furman's March 2024 order and of Cohen's own testimony confirm that Cohen admitted under oath he had lied to Judge William Pauley when he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and related charges. The claim's wording ('a crime') is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which refers to 'something'.True88% confidence4 sourcesSep 7, 2026Donald Trump has appointed political allies to leadership positions within the intelligence community.Said by ATrump appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte, described by Reuters as a political loyalist, as acting Director of National Intelligence on June 2, 2026, so the claim that he appointed political allies to intelligence leadership is supported. Pulte held the post until he handed it to Jay Clayton on August 3, 2026, but the appointment was in place and the claim is accurate as of 2026-09-07.True80% confidence4 sourcesSep 7, 2026The Mueller team did not bring the case against Donald Trump that was later sent to New York because it was not within the remit provided by Rod Rosenstein.Said by DSources support the core of the claim: the Cohen matter fell outside Mueller's mandate, and Rosenstein, as deputy attorney general, decided it should go to federal prosecutors in Manhattan rather than to Mueller's team. The claim faithfully paraphrases the passage, which says the feds did not bring it because it was not within the Mueller team's remit from Rosenstein.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 7, 2026Sammy Gravano admitted to participating in 19 murders.Said by DThe claim that Sammy Gravano admitted to participating in 19 murders is supported by multiple independent reliable sources, including Reuters (2017) and contemporaneous 1990s reporting (LA Times, UPI) that describe his admission under his cooperation deal. The claimant's passage says he 'admitted that he participated in 19 murders,' which matches the extracted claim; no source contradicts it.