How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe We'd noticed an interesting pattern. When the House Oversight Committee staff issues reports on the committee's investigation of Hunter Biden, the president's son, the frame may be partisan but the language is careful. Then when lawmakers talk about the findings, the rhetoric gets stretched far beyond what the reports actually say. So "20 companies" linked to Biden in the reports gets rendered by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee, this way: "20-plus shell companies that the Bidens have created to launder the money." And "$20 million in payments from foreign sources to the Biden family and their business associates" in the reports becomes $20 million just to the "Biden family" in congressional talking points. In a comprehensive fact check, we detail exactly what the reports say — and how different they are from the political rhetoric. Click the link to learn more. Trump campaign ad makes false claims against Atlanta DA Unlike many criminal defendants, former president Donald Trump is not shy about attacking prosecutors who have brought charges against him. His presidential campaign now is airing a one-minute television ad that devotes half to attacking Fani T. Willis (D), the district attorney for Georgia's Fulton County. Willis charged Trump with seeking to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state, according to an indictment unveiled Monday night after a 2½-year investigation. The ad does not hold back. It even suggests that Willis is involved in an intimate relationship with a gang member she is prosecuting — a claim that Trump has made explicit while on the campaign trail. After the ad appeared, Willis sent an email to her staff saying it contained "derogatory and false information about me." We assessed four statements made in the ad about Willis and concluded that three were worthy of Three or Four Pinocchios. Click the link to see our full report. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. We're always looking for fact-check suggestions. You can reach us via email, Twitter (@GlennKesslerWP and @AdriUsero) or Facebook. Read about our process and rating scale here, and sign up for the newsletter here. Scroll down to read fact checks on Donald Trump's campaign. | 
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