copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-05-14): Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive KYIV, Ukraine — In an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of a U.S. aid package has arrived and more is on it way, which will "make a real difference" against Russia's offensive. [...] In a speech at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Blinken declared that the U.S. is "bringing Ukraine closer to — and then into — NATO."
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2023-09-07): HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability hide Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: So we are focused with our Ukrainian partners and many other countries around the world on two things. One is in the near term, in the immediate term, ensuring that Ukraine has what it needs to be successful on the battlefield in pursuing the counteroffensive and dealing with the current Russian aggression. And an important part of my visit here today was to do what we’ve been doing all along, which is to listen very carefully to our Ukrainian partners, to understand what they need in this moment, and to look at ways to support that.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-05-15): HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability hide Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a Joint Press Availability [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: Again, we are determined that Ukraine win this war and succeed for its people and for its future. We’ve been clear about our own policy, but again, these are decisions that Ukraine has to make, Ukraine will make for itself. And we’re committed to making sure that Ukraine has the equipment it needs to succeed on the battlefield.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-05-13): KYIV — Ukraine’s friends are committed to helping it fortify and prevail against Russia’s full-scale invasion, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared in a speech in Ukraine’s capital Tuesday, vowing to aid in the Kremlin’s defeat even as Kyiv faces deepening questions about its ability to hold off an assault threatening its front lines. [...] Blinken’s unannounced two-day trip was the first high-level visit by a Biden administration official since Congress last month approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine after seven months of obstruction by some Republicans. The visit was intended as a show of solidarity as the Pentagon speeds delivery of air defenses, artillery and other combat equipment in a bid to stabilize Kyiv’s military — and as Ukraine contends with the possibility that it may never regain all the territory it has lost to Russia. [...] Blinken has also been largely preoccupied elsewhere in recent months, focusing on the Middle East since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent military operation in Gaza. While lower-level trips to Ukraine have continued, Blinken has visited the Middle East seven times since the fall, a measure of the degree to which regional diplomacy there is now consuming his days. By contrast, he has traveled to Kyiv four times since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2015-03-05): Antony J. Blinken Deputy Secretary of State [...] DEPUTY SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. [...] DEPUTY SECRETARY BLINKEN: I’m aware that what we’ve seen in Ukraine most recently is Russia very clearly using gas as a political tool to pressure and leverage the Ukrainians. And to threaten supply disruptions in Europe in an effort to get the Europeans to press the Ukrainians to take a softer line. That’s what I‘m aware of. We have no desire to remove Russian gas from the market, but we think that what’s been demonstrated by the use of gas as a political tool is that it’s a mistake to be overly reliant on any one country in the energy environment, that Europe has a strong interest in making sure it’s not overly dependent on Russia or anyone else for that matter.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2022-04-21): "The U.S. Department of State stands with the people of Ukraine," said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. "We will help deliver on the President’s commitment to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian citizens and others forced to flee their homes in Ukraine, and our partnership with the Department of Homeland Security will help us fulfill that commitment." [...] In addition to Uniting for Ukraine, the United States is announcing a series of measures designed to expand access to existing legal pathways for Ukrainian citizens.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-07-29): With the conflict in Ukraine now in its third year, Republicans and Democrats continue to differ over U.S. policy toward the war-torn country. [...] Americans continue to be divided over the amount of aid the U.S. is providing to support Ukraine against Russia. [...] Concerns over the war in Ukraine
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-05-15): U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission. He landed in Poland on the way there. [...] In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) [...] KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive, assuring them during a visit to Kyiv that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way after months of political delays will make a "real difference" on the battlefield.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2017-06-20): Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Ukraine PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Ukraine today to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and demonstrate the United States’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democracy, especially in the face of Russia’s aggression. While in Ukraine, Secretary Blinken will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister … [...] Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Ukraine Conference Session 1
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2022-03-30): On 26 March, President Biden, speaking in Warsaw, said, unscripted: "For God’s sake, this man [Putin] cannot remain in power." Such an overt statement of intention for regime change in Russia has not gone down well in most of Europe. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken later clarified Biden’s Warsaw remark: "As you know, and as you have heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia, or anywhere else, for that matter". Blinken has apparently forgotten Vietnam, Chile, Iraq, Afghanistan, and quite a few more. [...] He explained that without Ukraine being integrated into or closely allied to Russia, Russia was a "predominantly Asian imperial state". Whereas Ukraine integrated into Russia gave Russia the opening to be (or resume being) "a Eurasian empire". So the long-held US aim has been to push Ukraine away from Russia, as a major step towards constraining Russian strategy, and more distantly Chinese strategy too, thereby sustaining US primacy.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Blinken’s visit to China, which was postponed in February due to a diplomatic spat, is the first such trip by a US Secretary of State in five years. [...] Meanwhile, the readout from the Department of State writes that Blinken "emphasized the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation". [...] On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson and former foreign minister Wang Yi held an informal meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a variety of security issues, including the so-called "balloon incident" and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Biden said this week he was "working" on Ukraine’s request as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy made a rare joint visit to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where they announced $1.5bn in additional aid. Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. "As what Russia’s doing has changed, as the battlefield has changed, we’ve adapted," Blinken said at a news conference in Warsaw.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Secretary Blinken’s Speech on Russia’s Strategic Failure and Ukraine’s Secure Future Home Начало | News & Events | Secretary Blinken’s Speech on Russia’s Strategic Failure and Ukraine’s Secure Future [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very much. And yes, I feel a greater sense of happiness today than I’ve felt in a long time. (Laughter.)
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-05-27): U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made no announcement about suspending Ukraine’s elections. He referred to Ukrainian elections in a May 14 speech, saying the U.S. is working with Ukraine to strengthen its election infrastructure for when Ukrainians agree conditions allow for elections. [...] One social media user, who was critical of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent Ukraine visit, said Blinken, during his trip, "announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." [...] An Instagram post’s claim that Blinken announced on a recent visit that Ukraine was suspending its elections ignores that the elections would have already taken place in March and that Zelenskyy announced in November they would not take place because of martial law.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-09-11): Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy at a Joint Press Availability [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, Andrii, thank you very, very much; and thank you for your hospitality today but also thank you for the very good work we’ve been able to do today. [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: Michael, thank you very much. I’m happy to – happy to start. First, we had a very good discussion today with the foreign minister, with President Zelenskyy, with his whole team about the situation on the battlefield, Ukraine’s objectives, and what it needs to succeed going forward. And among other things, we discussed long-range fires, but a number of other things as well. And as I said at the outset, I’m going to take that discussion back to Washington to brief the President on what I heard. I know that David is doing the same, and both of our bosses know that no doubt will discuss this when they meet later this week, actually. on Friday in Washington.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-09-16): "So plan B was to come here to Kyiv and promote getting more people here," he said. Since then, he has used social media to encourage and attempt to recruit foreigners to fight in Ukraine, and he has spoken about those efforts in media interviews. [...] That same month, he complained to Semafor about the Ukrainian government's lack of support, saying it was being overly rigid about admitting foreign soldiers, especially from Afghanistan, over concerns that they might be Russian spies.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-09-12): By — Matthew Lee, Associated Press Matthew Lee, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-blinken-speaks-to-media-with-polands-foreign-minister-after-ukraine-meeting Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Blinken speaks to media with Poland’s foreign minister after Ukraine meeting World Sep 12, 2024 6:12 PM EDT WARSAW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. Blinken traveled to Warsaw after spending a day in Kyiv with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during which they pledged to bring the Ukrainian requests to their leaders. WATCH: Blinken and top UK diplomat jointly pledge almost $1.5 billion in more Ukraine aid U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are to meet in the United States on Friday amid signs both Washington and London are growing more receptive to allowing the Ukrainians to use their arms to hit targets farther inside Russia than previously okayed. "As what Russia’s doing has changed, as the battlefield has changed, we’ve adapted," Blinken said at a news conference in Warsaw.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-03-22): Q Can you talk a little bit about how much progress? I mean, Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday said "gaps are narrowing." Do you think that it’s close? Could it come next week? [...] You saw him in Arizona, where he made a really important chips announcement on semiconductors. Going to create 30,000 jobs in — in Arizona — good-paying union jobs. The — the, you know, $8.5 billion commitment that’s going to actually with — with Intel — that’s going to actually spur more investment into this country — on manufacturing investment, doing more semiconductors right here in the U.S. [...] We see what’s going on in Ukraine. A lot of that is because of congressional inaction. We can’t — we can’t continue to allow that to happen. Ukraine needs the funding, the security, obviously, to continue to defend themselves. And that’s what we’re going to continue to speak to.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-04-05): SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hi, Courtney. [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thanks. Second part of the question first. Look, with any country we’re focused on policies, not personalities. What we’re looking to see is what are Russia’s policies. And unfortunately, tragically, horrifically, the policy at present is the ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the tremendous suffering that’s bringing to Ukrainians, and the threat that that continues to pose not only to Ukraine, but to the very principles at the heart of the international system that countries rely on so that countries can’t simply go in and try to change the territory and borders of another country by force or determine the future of that country. [...] Hamas, Israel, NATO, Russia, Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Ukraine
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2024-04-26): Blinken says China helping fuel Russian threat to Ukraine US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Washington will act if China does not stop supplying Russia with items used in its assault on Ukraine. [...] The visit - the second in 10 months made by Mr Blinken - forms part of a significant increase in dialogue and diplomacy between these rival powers as they attempt to put relations on an even keel after a period of immense tension last year.
Claim: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine." (Instagram post, 2024-05-27)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Cameron at a Joint Press Availability [...] SECRETARY BLINKEN: What David said. (Laughter.) And let me just say how he is more than welcome in this moment. Because sometimes, some of my colleagues across government, including in the Congress, hearing something from our closest ally and partner – that has an even greater resonance than hearing it from me or other people in the administration. So we really welcome it. It’s so important that they hear the perspective that David brings to bear on this, that the UK brings to bear, and I think it has a very positive effect in getting the focus where it needs to be both on the success that we’ve had together to date in our support for Ukraine, but also the imperatives of continuing that support. [...] Hamas, Iran, Israel, NATO, People's Republic of China, Russia, Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Claim: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. (Social media, 2024-05-29)
Evidence (2024-05-29): On May 29, Juan Merchan, the judge in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial, gave the jury instructions for their deliberation, which are posted online. He told jurors that to find Trump guilty, they must agree unanimously on two things: that Trump falsified business records and that he did so intending to commit a separate crime. Merchan said jurors did not have to agree unanimously on what the separate crime was that Trump intended to commit.
Claim: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. (Social media, 2024-05-29)
Evidence (2024-05-29): Fact-checking the False claim that the Trump’s NY jury verdict doesn’t have to be unanimous [...] "Judge Merchan has instructed the jury they do not need to have a UNANIMOUS verdict in order to convict former President Donald J. Trump," former Fox News writer and producer Kyle Becker wrote May 29 on X. [...] Social media posts said Merchan told jurors the verdict in Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.
Claim: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. (Social media, 2024-05-29)
Evidence (2024-05-29): Her tweet followed complaints elsewhere in conservative media that misrepresented the jury instructions. Merchan told the jurors that to reach a verdict, they don’t have to unanimously agree on what crime Trump was trying to cover up. They just have to agree he was trying to cover up a crime. [...] "Judge in Trump case in NYC just told jury they don’t have to unanimously agree on which crime was committed as long as they all at least pick one. And that among the crimes the can pick from are ones Trump WASN’T EVEN CHARGED WITH!!! This is exactly the kind of sham trial used," he wrote. That’s a blatant misrepresentation of what Judge Merchan said. The judge told the jury that they don’t have to unanimously agree on what crime Trump was trying to cover up. They just have to agree he was trying to cover up a crime.
Claim: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. (Social media, 2024-05-29)
Evidence (2024-05-30): - The former president has claimed that the judge in this case — Justice Juan Merchan — is "corrupt" or "conflicted," but one of Trump’s own lawyers last year said he had "no issue … whatsoever" with Merchan. [...] Besides pointing to that small political contribution, Trump has made other attacks on Merchan’s credibility, claiming repeatedly, including after the verdict, that he is "corrupt" or "conflicted." But before the trial, one of Trump’s lawyers at the time said he has "no issue … whatsoever" with Merchan overseeing the case. [...] In the past, Trump has objected to Merchan having been the judge who sentenced the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to five months in jail in a tax fraud case. At the January 2023 sentencing, Merchan said had there not been a plea deal, he would have imposed a harsher sentence than the five months, which ultimately was reduced to 100 days with good behavior. Weisselberg was released in April 2023, but sentenced to five months again, by a different judge, this April after committing perjury in the New York civil fraud trial against Trump.
Claim: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. (Social media, 2024-05-29)
Evidence (2024-05-29): By — William Brangham William Brangham By — Ali Schmitz Ali Schmitz By — Kyle Midura Kyle Midura Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-verdict-in-trumps-hush-money-case-could-sway-voters Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio Former President Donald Trump's future now rests in the hands of a jury in New York City. Jurors in the criminal hush money case began deliberating Wednesday morning. Seven men and five women received instructions from Judge Juan Merchan and were then sent off to decide this historic case. William Brangham has been covering the trial from the start and reports on the latest. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: Former President Donald Trump's future now rests in the hands of a jury in New York City. Jurors in the criminal hush money case against Mr. Trump began deliberating this morning.