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False60% confidenceOct 27, 2026Alison Holcomb, director of public safety in the Seattle mayor's office, denied under questioning by the Seattle City Council that the mayor's office asked to delay a police department press briefing regarding a mass shooting.Said by AThe claim says Holcomb denied under questioning that the mayor's office asked to delay the briefing, but the post's own quoted answer (Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False70% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026Democrats in Washington state are letting non-citizens vote illegally.Said by AThe claim that Democrats in Washington state are letting non-citizens vote illegally departs from the post, which only conditionally said the state would knowingly allow a listed person to vote; the sources show federal prosecutors alleged 400+ noncitizens registered and voted, but Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (a Democrat) disputed the list, citing duplicates and unregistered voters, and demanded individualized proof, so no source establishes that the state knowingly lets noncitizens vote, and the allegation is contested rather than substantiated.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Department of Justice identified at least 400 non-citizens voting in Washington state elections.The DOJ did announce that it identified about 405 people (more than 400) it says are non-citizens who registered and voted in Washington, as of 2026-10-27. However, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs called the federal list unreliable and said a preliminary review found it included U.S. citizens, so the claim that these 400+ people were in fact non-citizens voting is disputed.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Sukil Peterson lost to Dave Updegrove by 51 votes in the August 2024 Washington Commissioner of Public Lands primary election.Said by AThe 51-vote margin between Dave Upthegrove and the third-place Republican in the August 6, 2024 Washington Commissioner of Public Lands primary is confirmed by the Secretary of State, but that Republican was Sue Kuehl Pederson, not Sukil Peterson, so the claim's name is contradicted by the sources. The claim also departs from the passage only in the spelling 'Updegrove' versus the sources' 'Upthegrove', which is minor. The 51-vote figure refers to the initial primary count; a later hand recount changed the margin to 49 per Wikipedia.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Department of Justice compiled a list of non-citizens who registered to vote in Washington state, and ballots have been turned in under their names approximately 1,500 times.The DOJ did compile and send Washington a list of 400+ people it says are non-citizens registered to vote, and it claimed about 1,500 votes cast by them, so those parts are supported as the DOJ's own assertions. However, Secretary of State Hobbs contradicted the list's reliability, stating it includes U.S. citizens, so the claim that these are definitively non-citizens whose ballots were cast 1,500 times is disputed; as of 2026-10-27 the figures were the DOJ's allegations, not established facts.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026The U.S. Attorney's Office identified 405 non-citizens who voted in Washington state elections.Said by AThe U.S. Attorney's Office did publicly announce that it identified 405 people (about 400+ in its press release) who it said were non-citizens who voted in Washington elections, so the act of identification is supported. However, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs contests the list, saying a preliminary review found it includes U.S. citizens and people who are inactive or not currently registered, and the office admitted it lacks official voting records and has filed no charges, so the non-citizen and voting status is disputed.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed60% confidence10 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Department of Justice identified 405 non-citizens who are registered to vote in Washington state.The sources confirm that DOJ prosecutors announced a list of 405 people they said were non-citizens registered and voting in Washington, so the identification itself is supported. However, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs's preliminary review found the list includes U.S. citizens and people who are inactive or not currently registered, which contradicts the claim that all 405 are non-citizens who are registered. The claim is also taken as of 2026-10-27, and later coverage (Oct 28-30) of Hobbs's rejection does not change what DOJ announced that day.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Microsoft is offering buyouts to 27% of its global workforce.Said by AAP (tier1) reports Microsoft offered 60,000 employees, about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts on 2026-10-26, and Reuters and CBS confirm the roughly 60,000 / quarter-of-workforce figure. The offer was limited to eligible employees (VP level and below, in Canada, India, the UK and the US), a scope detail that does not contradict the claim.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Acting US Attorney Neil Floyd and Eastern District of Washington US Attorney Pete Serrano called on state election officials to segregate ballots cast by more than 400 people suspected of being illegally registered to vote.Said by AThe DOJ press release and multiple wire and national outlets confirm that Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd and Eastern District of Washington prosecutor Pete Serrano asked state election officials to segregate or set aside ballots cast by more than 400 people who appear to be illegally registered (405 named). Serrano is described as first assistant U.S. attorney rather than U.S. attorney, a minor title imprecision that does not affect the core assertion.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026Some individuals on the DOJ's list of non-citizen voters voted multiple times, including one individual who voted 27 times.Said by BThe sources report that the DOJ's list of about 400 alleged noncitizen voters includes people who voted multiple times, and that one individual voted as many as 27 times, consistent with the 'more than two dozen' figure. The 27-vote figure comes from DOJ prosecutors' own account and is not independently verified, and Washington's Secretary of State has disputed the list's accuracy, particularly older 1990s records.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has stated there have been 15 confirmed cases of illegal voting in the state since 1982.Said by 2CMultiple sources report that Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs cited 15 documented cases of noncitizen or illegal voting in the state between 1982 and 2025, including a direct quote from Hobbs on KHQ. The sources describe these as noncitizen voting cases rather than 'illegal voting' in general, but the post itself uses 'confirmed illegal voting', which matches the documented-case framing.True88% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026Steve Hobbs described the press conference held by the speaker as intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results of the November 3rd election.Said by AReuters (tier1) and KNKX both quote Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs saying the timing of the DOJ request, one week before the General Election, 'is no doubt intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results.' The claim's core assertion is supported. The sources frame the remark as aimed at the timing of the request and the press conference announcing it, which is a close match to the claim's wording. The claim is consistent with the post's own text, and its referent for 'the speaker' is the official who held the press conference.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.