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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.True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 7, 2026Michael Cohen was an insider for Donald Trump.Said by DMultiple reliable sources establish that Michael Cohen was deeply inside Trump's circle as his longtime personal lawyer, 'fixer,' and Trump Organization executive, so the claim that he was an insider for Trump is supported. The extracted wording adds 'for Donald Trump,' which the post's context supplies, and the post's truncated 'in the' is not contradicted by any source.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 7, 2026Donald Trump named Adam Tell as acting Army secretary following the resignation of Dan Driscoll.Said by AMultiple tier-1 outlets (Reuters, AP) report that Trump named Adam Telle, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, as acting Army secretary on September 3, 2026, after Dan Driscoll's resignation. The sources spell the name "Telle" rather than "Tell", but it is clearly the same official, and the claim was true as of the September 7 posting date.True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 7, 2026Adam Tell previously served as a Republican congressional staffer and White House liaison.Said by AMultiple reliable sources (AP, NBC, Senate records, Army bio) confirm Adam Telle spent over 20 years as a Republican Senate staffer (Shelby, Cochran, Hagerty) and served as the White House's chief liaison to the Senate during Trump's first term. The claim's core assertion is supported; the post's 'relative unknown at the Pentagon' framing is peripheral.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True80% confidence9 sourcesSep 7, 2026The U.S. Army currently lacks a Senate-confirmed leader.Said by AAs of 2026-09-07, multiple sources report the Army had no Senate-confirmed civilian secretary after Dan Driscoll's resignation and no Senate-confirmed chief of staff since Gen. Randy George was fired in April, so the claim holds on that date. The extraction is faithful to the post's wording, and later coverage through 2026-10 still shows the Army without confirmed leaders, though most sources are unrated and the confidence reflects that.True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 7, 2026New intelligence reports assess that Iran has grown more confident in its abilities to attack targets in the Middle East.Said by AThe claim is a faithful extraction from the passage and matches the New York Times report (Sept. 4, 2026), syndicated by Moneycontrol and Ynet, that new U.S. intelligence assessments found Iran more confident in its ability to attack targets across the Middle East. The claim is graded as of 2026-09-07; later October coverage (AP, Reuters, ISW) of escalating Iranian attack and plotting efforts is consistent with that assessment and does not contradict it.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 7, 2026The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. military personnel will be deployed through 2027.Said by AThe Wall Street Journal's September 3, 2026 reporting said the Pentagon extended Middle East deployments, with about 50,000 troops and some Army units potentially staying 'well into 2027', so the claim that the WSJ reported personnel would be deployed through 2027 is supported. The WSJ's own article, and outlets citing it, describe the extension as reported; the report's language was 'could' rather than a firm 'will', and the post said 'yesterday' while the report ran September 3.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.