Glenn Kessler
@GlennKesslerWP
Followers
135,795
Following
632
Media
1,132
Statuses
127,095
Editor and chief writer of The Washington Post's Fact Checker since 2011. Glenn.Kessler @washpost .com
Joined January 2011
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
#GranHermano
• 260176 Tweets
#DebateINE
• 223994 Tweets
Claudia
• 209291 Tweets
Xóchitl
• 190555 Tweets
CONSTANZA AL 9009
• 143119 Tweets
#GranFuria
• 138109 Tweets
Emmanuel
• 126537 Tweets
Lite
• 101178 Tweets
Coty
• 80958 Tweets
Chino
• 69688 Tweets
STILL MISSING YOU LIN KATH
• 69591 Tweets
Maynez
• 65869 Tweets
Harden
• 64955 Tweets
Bucks
• 58520 Tweets
#DebatePresidencial2024
• 58102 Tweets
昭和の日
• 53175 Tweets
Saint Dr MSG Insan
• 42086 Tweets
Pacers
• 38281 Tweets
#CandidataDeLasMentiras
• 37884 Tweets
ATAQUE FURIOSO
• 30970 Tweets
Foundation Day
• 28067 Tweets
Millonarios
• 21816 Tweets
Coti
• 15500 Tweets
Giannis
• 14816 Tweets
Emelec
• 13880 Tweets
Rayados
• 13361 Tweets
Capitals
• 13296 Tweets
ドル円160円
• 10549 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
To learn more about our fact checking process, watch this video:
1K
89
190
Dominion will have a very fine lawsuit to file against future private citizen Donald Trump.
1K
5K
49K
Irony is dead
Pompeo on China: "They're incapable of being transparent, of accepting criticism, of allowing reporters to ask them questions that they find uncomfortable."
4K
839
2K
1K
8K
41K
It’s amazing how the US election infrastructure was working just fine in 2016, when Trump won the presidency, but now in 2020 it’s like a “third-world country” when he lost. Who was president during that period of decline?
2K
7K
41K
Going through Trump speeches to update our database. He tells audiences the opioid bill passed "very little Democrat support." The vote was 98 to 1, with only Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) opposing it. The House passed it 393 to 8. Even a rare bipartisan achievement can't be celebrated?
1K
14K
35K
I'm curious how many criminal cases have been dropped after a person pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
627
7K
35K
It will be interesting to see how many presidential tweets
@JussieSmollett
merits versus the U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist arrested with a cache of weapons and ammunition stockpiled to target politicians and journalists in a terror attack.
.
@JussieSmollett
- what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!?
#MAGA
49K
29K
139K
1K
11K
33K
Mouth agape. Tripling down on a total Four-Pinocchio falsehood. Saying it over and over does not make it so. We have now fact checked this three times. It’s still false.
ENOUGH of the misinformation. This Administration did not create a policy of separating families at the border.
16K
7K
22K
1K
13K
32K
This 2016 tweet has not aged well
When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing
22K
58K
68K
291
8K
31K
The way Trump tweets about how investigators can't be trusted because they donated to Democrats, it's easy to forget he donated to Hillary Clinton in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. Melania, Ivanka and Don Jr. also made donations to Clinton.
490
13K
30K
EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider via
@businessinsider
3K
14K
31K
I shipped a package via USPS to my sister on July 30. McLean VA to Lexington KY. Generally, it take three days. Still not delivered. Tracking shows it has been sitting in the Lexington distribution center since August 5! Imagine being a small business owner dealing with this.
1K
9K
28K
This tweet was just eight days ago. Today Trump with a straight face claimed: "I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
71K
61K
216K
776
10K
28K
Uh,
@NBCNews
, there’s a typo. “Directly” should be spelled “falsely”
President Trump directly accused Hillary Clinton of engaging in a conspiracy with Russia to affect the 2016 election during a rally in Pennsylvania.
5K
1K
2K
396
6K
27K
Bravo to Chris Wallace. We've fact-checked this bogus claim and it's great to finally see a TV anchor nail a WH flack for using it.
495
6K
27K
Not only did Obama never say this, but Obama topped 5% in one quarter, so who has the bigger magic wand?
“President Trump would need a magic wand to get to 4% GDP,” stated President Obama. I guess I have a magic wand, 4.2%, and we will do MUCH better than this! We have just begun.
24K
22K
95K
572
7K
25K
Trump claimed that he's gotten $1 billion in the bank from the Saudis to pay for US troops. But the Pentagon just confirmed to me the Saudis still have not paid their outstanding bill for refueling costs in the Yemen war. So let's label Trump's statement as highly doubtful.
1K
8K
25K
Other awards created by presidents:
President's Volunteer Service Award (GW Bush)
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Reagan)
President's Education Awards Program (Reagan)
President's Environmental Youth Award (Nixon)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (Kennedy)
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!
42K
20K
95K
665
9K
21K
Memo actually confirms a timeline not favorable to Trump:
1. Counterintelligence probe opened in July 2016 by FBI because of George P./Wikileaks/emails.
2. FISA application on Carter Page obtained late Oct. 2016, after Page had left Trump campaign.
545
9K
19K
So many falsehoods here: not greatest economy, didn’t rebuild military, not biggest tax cut, not record deregulation, did not create VA Choice. Bottomless Pinocchios galore!
How do you impeach a President who has created the greatest Economy in the history of our Country, entirely rebuilt our Military into the most powerful it has ever been, Cut Record Taxes & Regulations, fixed the VA & gotten Choice for our Vets (after 45 years), & so much more?...
34K
13K
72K
536
5K
19K
Reminder: The U.S. did not "lose" $817 billion last year on trade. Such language would earn an F in Economics 101.
Every time I see a weak politician asking to stop Trade talks or the use of Tariffs to counter unfair Tariffs, I wonder, what can they be thinking? Are we just going to continue and let our farmers and country get ripped off? Lost $817 Billion on Trade last year. No weakness!
12K
11K
53K
372
5K
18K
Trump complaining about kids not back in schools yet. Who was president a month ago?
8K
2K
18K
Colin Powell: "Our foreign policy is a shambles right now....this is not the way the country is supposed to run and Congress is one of the institutions that is supposed to do something about it."
“The Republican party has got to get a grip on itself,” Former Secy. of State Colin Powell on the state of the current GOP. “Republican leaders and members of the Congress… are holding back because they’re terrified of what will happen [to] any one of them if they speak out."
3K
10K
28K
773
7K
18K
"Some of them [ex presidents] have told me we should have done it [the wall]"...Not Obama. Not Bush. Not Clinton. Not Bush. Not Carter. What other ex presidents has he spoken to?
3K
4K
17K
It would require WH reporters to cooperate, but every time the president fails to answer a question, or dodges it, the next reporter should note that he did not answer the question and restate it. Only way to beat the WH at its silly game.
498
4K
17K
Now discuss Jamal Khashoggi and the barbaric way he died at the hands of Saudi agents authorized by the Kingdom
....The King said that the Saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter, and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people who love the American people.
11K
8K
31K
297
5K
16K
Biden is on track to receive 7 million more votes than Trump, one of the biggest gaps in recent history. The Electoral College system means Trump can try to (fruitlessly) fight over slim margins in a handful of states. But it's a substantial loss, no matter how you spin it.
333
3K
17K
Let's see if I have this correct.
@realDonaldTrump
now says he fired Flynn on Feb. 13 because he lied to the FBI. But on Feb. 14 he asked
@Comey
to drop the investigation -- even though he knew Flynn had committed a crime? And why did he wait to fire Flynn till WaPo exposed lie?
365
5K
16K
The final count. Never would have believed this number was possible when we started four years ago.
654
7K
16K
Presumably the Minority Whip knows what marginal tax rates are? It's not 70 percent of all income, but 70 percent of any income earned ABOVE $10 million. You may disagree with the policy but a politician has an obligation to describe it correctly.
Republicans: Let Americans keep more of their own hard-earned money
Democrats: Take away 70% of your income and give it to leftist fantasy programs
14K
3K
9K
542
5K
16K
False. No matter how many times you say it, it's still false.
Wrong! We have more cases because we have tested far more than any other country, 60,000,000. If we tested less, there would be less cases. How did Italy, France & Spain do? Now Europe sadly has flare ups. Most of our governors worked hard & smart. We will come back STRONG!
::
43K
10K
47K
438
3K
16K
It's come to this: A neighbor reports that AG William Barr's house in McLean is being picketed by Trump supporters who believe he's not doing enough to lock up Joe Biden
4K
5K
16K
Mary Trump’s book is number one — by hundreds of thousands of copies
A very big CONGRATULATIONS to the great
@seanhannity
on having the Number One Book on the Planet, “Live Free Or Die”. The book is fantastic, and so true. Keep Sean Number One!
12K
9K
61K
362
3K
15K
Jaw-dropping to read that the German success re the coronavirus pandemic was based on U.S. research that was ignored or dismissed by the U.S. government! -->
254
8K
15K
Reminder: there was a deal.
There was NO DEAL made with Turkey for the release and return of Pastor Andrew Brunson. I don’t make deals for hostages. There was, however, great appreciation on behalf of the United States, which will lead to good, perhaps great, relations between the United States & Turkey!
9K
13K
62K
247
4K
15K
“Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller”. Notice that no matter what language Trump flings, Mueller never engages. He just stays silent and keeps working. Has Trump ever faced an opponent like this?
Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone....
28K
9K
44K
885
3K
14K
False. NASA was not a disaster when Trump took over. Obama set in motion the process that led to the successful SpaceX launch with astronauts. He decided to send crews via commercial spacecraft in 2011, in the face of congressional opposition.
A great launch!
@NASA
was a closed up disaster when we took over. Now it is again the “hottest”, most advanced, space center in the world, by far!
18K
16K
122K
280
3K
15K
Actually: US embassy in London, an early Eero Saarinen, was given protected status by English Heritage and so no changes could be made, reducing its price. New embassy was deemed necessary for security--to protect US diplomats
Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
75K
16K
78K
461
6K
14K
What kind of staff work allows a presidential statement on the passing of the president to not even get the basic history right? GHWB enlisted in the Navy and then went to Yale after World War II. The statement has it backwards. Google works wonders, folks.
Statement from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former President George H.W. Bush
14K
16K
72K
1K
4K
14K
When the foreign prime minister of Sweden feels free to mock the US president-->
I guess Donald Trump is now preparing to launch a tweet. It will lift off in smoke and fire, and then with a roar disappear into nowhere.
447
3K
10K
376
7K
14K
Kavanaugh was not number one at Yale. And Gorsuch was not number one at Harvard and at Oxford. And Trump was not number one at Wharton. But Trump keeps saying all three.
333
4K
13K
Don't forget: Hope Hicks, after a Russian government official was quoted as saying the Russians had contact with members of Trump's entourage before the election: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”
227
4K
12K
Margins in Trump's "landslide" victory in 2016
MI - 11,612
WIS - 27,257
PA - 68,236
Biden's margins in 2020
MI - 146,891
WIS - 20,534
PA - on track for 100,000+ (based on outstanding votes)
115
3K
13K
No surprise --> SECRETARY RAFFENSPERGER ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF VOTING MACHINE AUDIT USING FORENSIC TECHNIQUES: NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY
114
2K
13K
Unless I missed it, Trump expressed no sympathy for federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay.
672
3K
12K
Almost exactly six years ago.....
The Ebola doctor who just flew to N.Y. from West Africa and went on the subway, bowling and dining is a very SELFISH man-should have known!
2K
6K
9K
143
3K
13K
This is completely false. You can’t vote multiple times. Each ballot is tracked and checked. Just another made-up fantasy.
455
3K
12K
Hmmm, by this logic, so Melania Trump is a Slovenian double agent in the White House?
Rep. Sean Duffy on CNN going full dual-loyalty in attacking Lt. Col. Vindman
"He has an affinity, I think, for the Ukraine... He speaks Ukrainian."
393
243
859
470
3K
12K
2016 tweet
When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing
22K
58K
68K
158
4K
12K
If Pompeo ever wanted to get more hated within
@StateDept
this line to
@GStephanopoulos
today is certainly going to do it: "I think Bill Burns must be auditioning to be Elizabeth Warren's secretary of state." (Burns is a revered former career official who served under Ds and Rs)
492
4K
12K
How sad is it that a member of Congress tweets a photoshopped image? Obama and Iran's Rouhani spoke by phone but never met in person.
662
3K
12K
It’s totally false Biden repeatedly refused to condemn the rioters over the summer.
2K
2K
12K
Let's all give credit to really tenacious reporting by
@WSJ
on the Cohen payments, in the face of repeated denials () () Kudos to
@joe_palazzolo
@mrothfeld
@lalpert1
and team
298
3K
11K
Has no one who works for Trump ever explained it was a legal settlement of money the Unites States owed Iran from before the 1979 revolution?
Never gotten over the fact that Obama was able to send $1.7 Billion Dollars in CASH to Iran and nobody in Congress, the FBI or Justice called for an investigation!
24K
25K
86K
1K
4K
11K
Yikes, quite a burn from the former prime minister of Sweden -- a country that
@BernieSanders
often praises as a model for the US -->
Bernie Sanders was lucky to be able to get to the Soviet Union in 1988 and praise all its stunning socialist achievements before the entire system and empire collapsed under the weight of its own spectacular failures.
896
5K
11K
529
4K
10K
Applause in the newsroom as the Russia-leak scoop breaks the Hollywood Access record for most readers per minute
1K
3K
11K
Hmm, Joe Biden suddenly comes back from the political dead on Saturday and the very next day the Ron Johnson pens a letter seeking subpoenas on Burisma. Must be a coincidence!
SCOOP: Chairman Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee
@RonJohnsonWI
wants to subpoena witness tied to US firm and Burisma where the former Vice President’s son sat on the board. Letter obtained
@CBSNews
says government records indicate concerns warranted
3K
3K
7K
1K
4K
11K
Trump appointee at GSA declines to sign letter authorizing Biden transition - The Washington Post
3K
6K
10K
OMG, this Trump letter to Pelosi is filled with so many falsehoods, all documented in our claims database. It's like written version of a Trump rally.
492
3K
10K
There have been so many norms broken in the Trump presidency that it’s hard to keep track of them all. I have covered just about every building DC. So I want to take a moment to note two shocking things from this week, based on my reporting past…1/7
176
4K
10K
Barr news conference at 9:30 am, Mueller report released at 11 am: In the annals of pathetic efforts to spin apparently bad news in Washington, this ranks near the top.
1K
3K
10K
Onion editors just died
Scoop: Trump suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them from hitting U.S.
118
222
433
128
1K
10K
I covered airline safety and the FAA for four years, and I cannot remember a time when the FAA was so alone among world regulators on a serious safety issue. When a major accident like this happened, global aviation authorities conferred with the FAA -- which took the lead.
518
3K
10K
It really says something when the federal government installs a plaque with a falsehood.
CONFIRMED: President Trump will be visiting the US-Mexico border at
#Calexico
on Friday. The White House says he will tour the section of the border fence with this plaque, marking the “completion of the first section of President Trump’s
#BorderWall
.”
1K
357
565
948
3K
10K
A reminder; No one has any idea where Trump gets this tale of the duct-taped women.
2K
2K
10K
Uh, every president since Ford has released their tax returns.
If Ds get Trump tax returns, some Rs warning what goes around comes around. 'Once you go down the road, there's no turning back...There are lots of people we could have subpoenaed their tax returns the last few years that would be very interesting.'
2K
520
2K
209
2K
10K
Hunter Biden did not get $1.5 billion from China. Saying it over and over again does NOT make it true, Mr. President. For more -->
....and separately got 1.5 Billion Dollars from China despite no experience and for no apparent reason. There is NO WAY these can be legitimate transactions? As lawyers & others have stated, as President, I have an OBLIGATION to look into possible, or probable, CORRUPTION!
12K
9K
44K
445
3K
10K
Reminder: this was not US taxpayer funds. It was Iran’s money frozen overseas.
The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can’t give 5 Billion Dollars for National Security and a Wall?
58K
33K
123K
317
3K
9K
This is false
Trump: Mueller Report says we "rebuffed" overtures from Russia.
769
136
362
516
2K
9K
For the record, fewer than 0.05 percent of all U.S. households have income above $10 million. The
@AOC
proposal would not even be aimed the fabled top one percent.
371
2K
10K
Curious how this 2012 sentiment will match up with tomorrow morning’s statement
Stop congratulating Obama for killing Bin Laden. The Navy Seals killed Bin Laden.
#debate
7K
19K
10K
258
3K
9K
In 98 days as president,
@realDonaldTrump
has made 452 false or misleading statements. Full list here:
406
7K
9K
Next debate is a Town Hall format. If the commission changes the rules and Trump says he's pulling out, what happens if Biden says he is going to show up anyway to take questions from voters?
Why would I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third Debates when I easily won last time?
71K
22K
167K
1K
1K
9K
What a misleading clip. Biden's full quote: " I want to take a moment to say it’s not a time to panic about coronavirus, but coronavirus is a serious public health challenge." and then he added....
Joe Biden on February 28: "It's not a time to panic about coronavirus"
2K
7K
12K
264
3K
9K
Of note: The official White House schedule suggests Trump was getting his daily intel briefing while he sent this tweet.
My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by
@Nordstrom
. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
73K
17K
95K
470
7K
9K
Trump lost the popular vote by 7 million votes. He decisively lost the Electoral College. Truly shameless lying.
An attempt to steal a landslide win. Can’t let it happen!
18K
22K
110K
233
1K
9K
How does a Secretary of State have any credibility after pulling a stunt like this to one of the best national security reporters in the business?
Now we know Mike Pompeo was listening into Trump's Ukraine extortion call (per WSJ).
Weirdly, he pretended not to know what Trump said on the Ukraine call when he was asked about it directly on TV a week ago, basically lying to
@MarthaRaddatz
.
536
2K
4K
467
3K
8K
Of note: All four networks refused Obama's request to air a prime-time address on proposed executive actions related to immigration in 2014; it just ran on cable.
320
5K
8K
Seriously? How does a bill with such bipartisan support become radioactive?
745
4K
8K
What if Hunter Biden testifies before the Senate and says he has read 25 books on energy policy?
Kushner tells Sky News Arabia he has read 25 books on the Israel-Palestine conflict
5K
1K
8K
231
2K
8K
this is a made-up fantasy based on literally zero evidence. Yet the crowd cheers.
Wow. Trump alleges, without evidence, that electoral victories for Democrats in “California and numerous other states” are “rigged” because undocumented immigrants vote “many times — not just twice.”
940
1K
3K
845
2K
8K
No server given to Crowdstrike. And Crowdstrike is not Ukrainian. Total fantasy.
409
2K
8K
The father actually says she was healthy when they arrived at the border and claims that Border Patrol gave her no water while they were detained. DHS says she showed no signs of health issues when they arrived.
...children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!
29K
15K
82K
270
3K
8K
While Trump regularly claims, with no evidence, human trafficking takes place across the southern border between ports of entry -- and that it's impossible to go through airports -- police documents allege the women in the Kraft case "came from China on temporary work visas."
BREAKING: Jupiter Police: Robert Kraft, the NE Patriots owner, accused of soliciting sex at a
#Jupiter
day spa. Police say a months long human trafficking investigation led to the arrest.
#Kraft
#Patriots
#NEPatriots
@WPBF25News
217
389
607
568
4K
8K
Repeatedly fact checked as false
Will be going to North Dakota today to discuss tax reform and tax cuts. We are the highest taxed nation in the world - that will change.
23K
10K
57K
292
3K
8K
Updated: Spicer's claim today that "tens of millions" watched online is wrong. It was 4.6 million.
640
5K
8K
1. The Secretary of State is speaking at the RNC! My jaw dropped when i saw the speaker list. In my decade of covering diplomacy, I could never imagine that happening….2/7
105
2K
8K
I had a question about five factual statements in a recent Biden speech. I received citations and documents backing up those numbers 15 minutes after sending an emailed request for back-up.
One major difference between Biden and Trump is that the numbers in Biden's speeches are generally sourced from some entity other than the president's imagination.
745
8K
68K
105
2K
8K
Trump said he would not change the bill, but did. Trump demanded a vote, but flinched. Lesson for Rs/Ds: Trump threats not serious
241
3K
8K
Trump keeps repeating stuff that's been previously fact checked. There should be no excuse for a reporter to quote from his Fox and Friends interview without noting his factual errors.
182
2K
8K
Joint op-ed by David Boies and Theodore B. Olson --> We opposed each other in Bush v. Gore. Now we agree: Biden won.
186
2K
8K
Just a reminder: This is no 2000 repeat, where 500 votes separated the candidates and the winner of the state won the presidency. Trump needs to switch three states and he's behind by thousands of votes in each. Any other politician would have conceded by now, with grace.
182
2K
8K
Why do Trump administration officials feel the need to say stuff like this? What about invasion of D-Day? Landing on the moon? Etc. Etc.
On Fox FEMA Administrator Brock Long says hurricane relief for Puerto Rico is “the most logistically challenging event the US has ever seen”
2K
710
1K
880
3K
8K
Colin Powell in 2004: "'As secretary of state, I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in parochial, political debates. I have to take no sides in the matter.” 3/7 …
26
2K
8K
Just think:
@POTUS
repeatedly urged Americans to read and believe the House GOP Intelligence Committee report, even though he knew the section concerning Trump Tower Moscow was false, as it was based on Cohen's testimony
96
2K
7K
For the umpteenth time: a special counsel is not subject to senate confirmation. I wonder how many WH staff members have tried to explain this to Trump.
So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate!
56K
18K
80K
439
2K
7K
One has to seriously question the credibility of any campaign that would push out such a manipulated video. These reaction shots are unrelated to the two-second moment in the debate. This is a dangerously slippery slope that will lead to a nuclear war of fake videos.
1K
2K
7K
Of note: CONOR LAMB is a veteran. And it is Memorial Day.
107
1K
7K
Since John Lewis has been near death for months, any ordinary White House would have had a fulsome
@POTUS
statement ready to issue as soon as he passed away. A simple symbolic task, with no downside at all, to acknowledge the pain of many Americans who regarded Lewis as a hero...
383
1K
7K