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True60% confidence5 sourcesOct 20, 2026More than a million people have already voted in Georgia.Said by EGeorgia's early-vote count passed one million before the 2026-10-20 posting date: a state-tracker figure of 1,330,455 ballots cast by Oct. 22 and a Oct. 26 report of more than 1.5 million, with 800,000+ cast in the final week. No source gives the exact count on Oct. 20, so the claim is supported by inference from the trajectory rather than a direct same-day figure. The claim is not about the post's broader Black-turnout remarks, which were not extracted.True78% confidence7 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice sued the state of California and Los Angeles County because local officials declined to investigate non-citizen voting allegations.The DOJ sued California (naming Secretary of State Shirley Weber) and LA County registrar Dean Logan on October 15, 2026, and the suit's stated basis was the state's refusal to verify the citizenship of about 20,000 people flagged as likely noncitizens, which matches the claim's 'declined to investigate' rationale. The post's own 'last week' timing also fits, and the later judicial rejection of the suit does not contradict that the DOJ filed it or why.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice filed charges against more than two dozen people for voting crimes in previous elections.Said by AMultiple tier-1 and primary sources (DOJ press release, AP, Reuters, NPR) confirm that on Monday, October 19, 2026, the DOJ charged 28 people in California with election-related crimes, mostly alleged unlawful voting or fraudulent registration in prior elections. The claim's 'more than two dozen' matches the 28 figure, and the post's 'Monday' resolves to October 19, consistent with the posted date.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice delivered a thumb drive to Los Angeles County containing the names of 20,000 people on California's voter rolls who the federal government says are likely non-citizens.Multiple reliable sources confirm the DOJ delivered a thumb drive to Los Angeles County listing about 20,000 California voter-roll names that the federal government calls likely noncitizens, and the claim's attribution to the federal government is accurate. Sources also report that the list is disputed, with some people on it apparently U.S.-born, but the claim only attributes the characterization to the federal government.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 20, 2026Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent Maccottor announced the charges against 28 non-citizens for alleged voting crimes.Multiple tier1 sources, including AP and The Hill, report that Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced at a Monday, October 19, 2026 press conference charges against 28 California non-citizens (green card holders) for alleged unlawful voting and related crimes. The claim's spelling "Maccottor" is a variant of the sources' "McCotter", and "yesterday" resolves to October 19 from the posting date.True92% confidence7 sourcesOct 20, 2026The Department of Justice has requested that California segregate the ballots of the 20,000 individuals on the provided list and not count them until they are investigated.The DOJ's request is well documented: Reuters and USA Today report that letters to California's Secretary of State and Los Angeles County demanded segregating mail ballots from the list of over 20,000 alleged noncitizens and not tabulating them until citizenship was determined. The claim matches the post, and the later judicial denials (Oct 28-30) do not make the request itself false, though they are a development since the claim was made on 2026-10-20.True60% confidence5 sourcesOct 20, 2026The 28 individuals charged with voting crimes were green card holders who registered to vote.Said by DThe DOJ primary release and tier-1 AP coverage confirm all 28 charged people are green card holders, and the charges include fraudulent voter registration. The claim drops the post's qualifier "allegedly": registration is a charge, not an established fact, and the sources say some defendants face only naturalization-application or voting charges, and some deny recalling registration.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True93% confidence5 sourcesAug 25, 2026China is the largest purchaser of Iranian oil.Said by EMultiple reliable sources, including Reuters (Aug 20, 2026), AP (Apr 2026), a US Treasury OFAC alert and a USCC primary fact sheet, state that China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, taking roughly 80 to 90 percent of Iran's oil exports. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage's 'Iran's biggest oil buyer' and held on 2026-08-25; later reporting shows Chinese imports fell sharply through the Strait of Hormuz disruption, but China remained the largest buyer.True100% confidence5 sourcesAug 25, 2026The United Arab Emirates has severed trade with the Iranian government.Multiple reliable news sources confirm that the United Arab Emirates announced a suspension of all trade, commercial, and financial transactions with Iran on August 19, 2026, due to military escalations.True95% confidence7 sourcesAug 25, 2026Donald Trump has cast a vote by mail in Florida.Said by FMultiple tier1 sources confirm that Trump cast mail ballots in Florida: a March 2026 Palm Beach County special election (per AP and Snopes, citing county voter records) and the August 2026 Republican primary (per Reuters and The Hill, citing local records and a White House confirmation). The claim matches the passage's wording, and the post's 'has voted by mail' is consistent with these records; PBS notes the county's online search did not show the August record, but the White House did not deny it.True90% confidence7 sourcesAug 25, 2026Twenty-three states filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's executive order on mail-in voting.Said by FMultiple independent reliable sources (AP, BBC, CBS, and an Arizona Attorney General primary release) report that Democratic officials from 23 states plus DC sued in April 2026 to block Trump's March 31 mail-in voting executive order. The claim matches the passage's reference to Colorado being 'one of the 23 suing,' and the suit was still pending as of 2026-08-25; one Virginia release cites 24 states, a minor discrepancy that does not change the core claim.True90% confidence8 sourcesAug 25, 2026The Supreme Court allowed a Trump administration executive order to proceed that relates to the restriction of mail-in voting.Multiple reports dated August 24, 2026 (Reuters, NPR, CBS, AP, SCOTUSblog) say the Supreme Court's 6-3 emergency ruling let the Trump administration proceed with key parts of his executive order restricting mail-in voting, so the claim matches the post's own reference to the court letting Trump move ahead with an executive order. The court did not rule on the order's legality, and an AP report dated September 14 describes a later Supreme Court rejection of a separate bid to restrict mail ballots, which does not change the August allowance the claim describes.