Fact Checker

Dear loyal readers. I'm sorry to say this is my last column for The Washington Post. I have taken a voluntary buyout. Thank you for your support and interest over the past 14+ years. I will be writing from time to time, maybe even fact checks, on Substack under the title "By Glenn Kessler," and also writing books.

Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning. Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.

Her claims strain credulity

Analysis | Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘seditious conspiracy’ claim is based on thin gruel The announcement from the director of national intelligence flies in the face of the conclusions of four previous investigations totaling more than 2,500 pages.

What was Trump's relationhip with Epstein? Here's the facts.

Analysis | Trump and Epstein had a relationship, but there’s no evidence of Trump wrongdoing A year ago, we scrubbed the public record. Here are our updated findings.

Four Pinocchios!

Analysis | Tim Scott’s video attacking CBO: Nine errors in 60 seconds Every claim made by the Republican senator to ridicule the nonpartisan agency turns out to be false

Four Pinocchios!

Analysis | Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn’t go overseas The vice president and secretary of state twist a statistic issued under the Biden administration — and pretend it’s new.