The facts about Kathy Shelton, her rape case, and whether Hillary Clinton ‘laughed’ about her rape Trump has been featuring the story of Kathy Shelton, who said Hillary Clinton ruined her life by forcing her to go through a psychiatric examination when Clinton was hired as a public defender for a man who raped Shelton in 1975. Trump says Clinton “laughed” at Shelton’s rape. Our deep-dive into Shelton’s case and Clinton’s role was extremely popular with readers this week. We’ve provided a summary below, but encourage you to read the full thing. Hillary Rodham, now Clinton, was the court-appointed attorney for the 41-year-old accused rapist of 12-year-old Shelton. Clinton filed an affidavit July 28, 1975, requesting that the girl go through a psychiatric examination. Clinton said in the affidavit, without citing a source, that Shelton “in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body.” Shelton did not know about Clinton's affidavit asking for the exam until a reporter showed it to her in 2007. Shelton was stunned: "It kind of shocks me – it's not true. I never said anybody attacked my body before, never in my life." But she said she believed Clinton was just doing her job. Then in 2014, previously unpublished audio recordings emerged of Clinton discussing the case in the 1980s with an Arkansas reporter. In the recorded interview, Clinton is heard laughing or giggling four times when discussing the case and her experience with the legal system with unusual candor; the reporter is also heard laughing, and sometimes Clinton is responding to him. (More on this here.) While some might find Clinton disturbingly lighthearted in this interview, it’s clear she wasn’t laughing specifically about Shelton, or about her being raped. Shelton said Clinton put her “through hell” by forcing her to take polygraphs and putting her through psychiatric evaluation. But there’s no evidence Clinton was responsible for arranging Shelton’s polygraph test. And the court docket shows that the day after Clinton filed a request for psychiatric exam, it was denied by the judge. We know memories are malleable over time. We did not assign a Pinocchio rating, but readers should be aware of the facts of her case. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this e-mail was forwarded to you, sign up here for the weekly newsletter. Hear something fact-checkable? Send it here, we’ll check it out. Surprise! A non-election fact-check: Four Pinocchios to Obama The Obama administration seems set on misleading the public about the number of people held accountable for the wait-time scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. At a recent CNN town hall with veterans, Obama said of holding VA officials accountable for the wait time scandal: “We have, in fact, fired a whole bunch of people who are in charge of these facilities." But the facts just don’t support his claim. The VA scandal unfolded in 2014 after whistleblowers alleged that employees at the Phoenix VA hospital manipulated patient wait-time data, leading to delays in access to health care and contributing to patient deaths. It was later found a systemic, years-long problem of the VA. Congress passed a legislation that, among other provisions, gave authority the VA secretary to fire senior executives to replace bad actors quickly, especially ones connected to the wait-time scandal. | 
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