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Aaron Parnas
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False85% confidence8 sourcesOct 26, 2026James Comey has been indicted three times.Said by AThe claim that Comey has been indicted three times is contradicted: the third federal case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and reporting through Oct 31 says he had not been indicted in it. The post's 'indicted... a third time this evening' matches the claim, so the claim faithfully reflects the post.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 26, 2026Early voting is up 69 percent in Kansas, 41 percent in Maine, and 24 percent in Iowa.Said by AThe claimed figures (Kansas 69%, Maine 41%, Iowa 24%) match a New York Times analysis of state election records through Oct. 22, as reported by The Hill and others before the Oct. 26 post. However, an AP analysis published Oct. 21 reported Iowa early voting down about 6% from 2022 at a similar point, and Kansas as more than doubled, so the sources genuinely disagree on Iowa depending on the measure and data cutoff. The later AP figures of Kansas 34% and Maine 44% (Oct. 30) are a different snapshot.Mixed55% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026The national total of early and mail-in ballots is 29.9 million compared to 15 million at a similar point in 2022.Said by AThe 2026 figure is roughly consistent with the record: a University of Florida tracker cited by MEAWW shows 30.26 million early votes as of Oct. 26, close to 29.9 million. The 2022 comparison is contested, since AP put the same-point 2022 total at 9 million while KFOR reported 15 million, and the claim's measures and timing are not clearly aligned.Mixed60% confidence3 sourcesOct 26, 2026In Senate battleground states, registered Democrats make up 47% of early voters and registered Republicans make up 35%.Said by AThe 47% Democratic and 35% Republican early-vote shares match NBC/TargetSmart's national figures, not the Senate-battleground figures the claim attributes them to. NBC/TargetSmart's battleground-specific data (published Oct 30, five days after the claim) shows Democrats at 46% and Republicans at 40%, so the Republican share is contradicted; the sources do not give an Oct 26 battleground snapshot.Mixed70% confidence10 sourcesOct 26, 2026The Trump Justice Department has indicted James Comey three times.Said by AComey has faced three federal criminal cases from the Trump Justice Department, including the October 2026 case, so the 'third time' part is supported. But the third case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and NBC and BBC state he has not been indicted in it, so the claim that DOJ 'indicted' him three times is contradicted. The claim departs only in wording from the post, which also said 'indict', and it was accurate as of 2026-10-26.Mixed50% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026Amy Acton's opponent has spent over 120,000,000 dollars on attack ads against her.Said by BThe sources do not show Ramaswamy personally spending over $120 million on attack ads against Acton. Reported figures are about $35 million or more in his campaign's media buys and roughly $80 million in total campaign outlays, while GOP-aligned groups were reported at more than $100 million on ads for the race as of early October, not specifically attack ads against Acton. The $120 million figure appears only in an opinion column and in Acton's own remarks, which cite $110 million.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 6, 2026Donald Trump suggested that Iran should bomb Los Angeles and San Diego.Said by ATrump did say at a Nebraska rally on Oct. 5, 2026, "Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego," in the context of the Iran war, and fact-checkers confirm the words are accurately attributed. Whether that amounts to suggesting Iran should bomb the cities is disputed: the White House, Trump himself, and several commentators say he was describing the risk if Iran got a nuclear weapon, not inviting an attack, so the 'should' framing is contested.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 26, 2026The midterm elections are scheduled for November 3, 2026.Multiple tier1 and other sources, including Reuters, BBC, and the European Parliament research service, state that the 2026 US midterm elections are on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The post's passage ('Midterms are Tuesday, Nov 3') matches the claim, and no source contradicts the date.True70% confidence8 sourcesOct 26, 2026Approximately 30 million Americans have already voted in the 2026 midterm elections.Said by AThe claim matches the record as of the claim's 2026-10-27 date: a fact-check piece published 2026-10-26 reports that the University of Florida Election Lab counted about 30 million early votes, and the trajectory from about 21 million (Oct 23) to 23 million (Oct 23, IBTimes) to 43 million (Oct 29-30) is consistent with that figure. Later sources show the total rose well past 30 million, but that does not make the claim false as of its date.True70% confidence4 sourcesOct 26, 2026Virginia early voting is up 80% from four years ago.Said by AThe claim matches the same-point comparison reported by the Virginia Public Access Project: Pilot Online reports 1,330,832 early voters as of Oct. 28, 2026, a 79% increase over 745,082 at the same point in 2022, and 12 On Your Side reports an 86% increase. The post's 'about 80%' is within that range, though the figures are from Oct. 27-28 rather than the Oct. 26 posting date and trace back to one data source.True60% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026In Texas, 4.5 million ballots have been cast compared to 3 million at this point in 2022.Said by AThe 4.5 million figure matches sources from the posting date (about 4.5 million Texans had voted by Oct. 25–26). The 3 million comparison is not stated directly, but The Texan's report that first-week turnout ran about 45% above 2022 implies roughly 3.1 million, and KERA's 2022 same-point turnout rate implies a somewhat higher figure, so 3 million is within rounding of the record. The extraction matches the passage.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 26, 2026In North Carolina, early voting among registered Democrats is up 47% and among unaffiliated voters is up 60%.Said by ATwo October 24–25 reports of a Catawba College analysis by Michael Bitzer put registered Democrats' early voting up 47% and unaffiliated voters' up 60% versus the same point in 2022, matching the claim as of about October 22, close to the October 26 posting date. The figures trace back to that single analysis, and later November snapshots show different comparisons, such as Democrats up 32% by the final tally, so confidence is capped.