copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2023-07-14): After the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization landed last year, ending the federal right to an abortion, the Biden administration issued new rules to assist service members and military dependents who had to travel across state lines for abortion services. However, House members voted 221-213 Thursday night to pass an amendment eliminating these abortion provisions from the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill. It was part of a hotly contested debate over the bill, which ultimately passed Friday along partisan lines, 219 to 210. The amendment, introduced by Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, prohibits the Defense Department from paying or reimbursing expenses related to abortion services. Jackson argued that the Biden administration’s move to pay for service members’ out-of-state travel expenses related to abortion care was a violation of federal law that restricts the department from funding abortions.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2022-10-20): Federal law restricts the Department of Defense from using its funds or facilities to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case in which the pregnancy is the result of an active rape or incest, referred to generally as covered abortions. The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs does not prohibit the department from continuing to perform covered abortions as described, and which are consistent with federal law. [...] DEFENSE OFFICIAL 2: The third category we mentioned, ensuring access to reproductive healthcare -- within that line of effort, service members who do not necessarily control where they are stationed, and due to the nature of military service, are frequently required to travel and move to meet operational requirements. The department will therefore develop policies to ensure service members are able to access reproductive healthcare regardless of where they're stationed. This includes policies allowing service members to request an administrative absence from their normal duty stations without being charged leave and travel allowances for service members and dependents who must travel to access reproductive healthcare and would otherwise have to pay for that travel themselves. This will include travel for reproductive healthcare not covered by the Department of Defense such as non-covered abortion services and certain non-covered assisted reproductive technology services such as in vitro fertilization. While allowances will cover travel and transportation, it is important to note that the service member is responsible for the fees associated with the non-covered reproductive healthcare.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2023-07-15): WASHINGTON — The House narrowly passed an annual defense policy bill on Friday after Republicans added provisions to bar Pentagon spending on abortion and transgender surgeries — measures that were a nonstarter for Democrats. [...] The amendments, adopted Thursday, would ban the secretary of defense from paying for or reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses and transgender surgeries and hormone treatments. [...] The defense legislation will eventually need to be reconciled with a version of the bill under consideration in the Senate. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is seeking a similar measure to block Pentagon payments or reimbursements for abortion services, which Senate Democrats are unlikely to back.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2022-10-20): The Defense Department will pick up travel costs for service members and their dependents who might be forced to cross state lines for reproductive healthcare needs, the Pentagon announced Thursday. [...] He ordered the Defense Department to: "Establish travel and transportation allowances for Service members and their dependents, as appropriate and consistent with applicable federal law and operational requirements, and as necessary amend any applicable travel regulations, to facilitate official travel to access noncovered reproductive health care that is unavailable within the local area of a Service member's permanent duty station." The Department of Defense is seeking to "reduce the burden and cost" to service members who are stationed in states where such reproductive procedures are no longer legal, according to the Pentagon’s press secretary, Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2022-10-20): The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortion care, a move that comes as many states have rolled back access to the procedure since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In a memo dated Thursday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the department to adopt a suite of reproductive health care policies in response to the Supreme Court's June decision to end the federal right to abortion.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2023-02-16): The US Defense Department released a series of new policies on Thursday to provide additional support to service members and dependents who must travel out of state to receive an abortion, including allowing up to three weeks of administrative leave. [...] The latest policies follow the release of an overarching framework on measures to protect service members’ rights and access to abortion last fall, though officials said they were still working through the details. The measures made an effort to provide travel and transportation allowances for service members or military family members who are traveling out of state to receive an abortion, and protect military medical providers from civil or criminal lawsuits if they perform a protected abortion. [...] Cisneros said in a memo last year that the Dobbs ruling would have "significant implications" for service members and their families, "as well as the readiness of the force." Cisneros also emphasized in his memo that the Supreme Court’s ruling "does not prohibit the Department from continuing to perform covered abortions, consistent with federal law."
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2022-07-29): While last month's Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization means each state now makes its own laws regarding abortion services, the health care that the Defense Department provides to service members has not changed, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness said. "Service members can receive the same reproductive health care after Dobbs as they did before the ruling," Gil Cisneros testified today before the House Armed Services Committee. "Consistent with long-existing federal law, 'covered abortions' — those cases that involve rape, incest or where the life of the mother would be endangered — will continue to be authorized to use federal funds and facilities. There is no interruption to this care." [...] While the department will continue to be able to provide to service members the same level of health care it has always provided, Cisneros said the department is aware that the Dobbs decision will change available options for some service members when it comes to abortions that are not covered under department policy. Based on laws that may be in effect in the state where a service member is stationed, abortion services may not be available.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2022-10-20): The Pentagon will establish a travel allowance and administrative leave policy so service members can travel across state lines for reproductive health services, including abortions, according to a Defense Department memo released Thursday. [...] The travel allowance will provide service members funding to travel for reproductive health care not covered by the Department of Defense, such as non-covered abortion services and certain non-covered assisted reproductive technology services like in-vitro fertilization. The service members are responsible for the cost of the non-covered reproductive health care they receive. [...] Officials told reporters that this program is meant to "reassure" Defense Department health providers who are concerned they could face adversity for performing the abortions they're federally allowed to provide - in cases of rape, incest, or the health of the mother.
Claim: purports the Department of Defense pays for troops' abortions (Post, 2023-07-18)
Evidence (2024-09-30): While I am disappointed that the provision I supported prohibiting funding for servicemembers who seek to get abortions was not included, and that a provision extending FISA without reforms was included, this bill is still a big win for House Republicans, our military, and our national security. The FY24 NDAA will provide for a strong, robust military and enhance America’s national security for decades to come. This bill passed the House by a vote of 310-118.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-04): The Manhattan DA’s office determined that a Trump doorman was paid $30,000 for exclusive rights about the claim in a “catch and kill” scheme. However, there is no evidence that Trump fathered a child, and the woman allegedly involved denied the allegations.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-06): The Manhattan DA’s office determined that a Trump doorman was paid $30,000 for exclusive rights about the claim in a "catch and kill" scheme. However, there is no evidence that Trump fathered a child, and the woman allegedly involved denied the allegations. [...] The New Republic article is headlined, "Trump Tower Doorman Was Paid $30,000 to Hide Story of Trump’s Out-of-Wedlock Child, Manhattan D.A. Says." The headline implies that the doorman was paid $30,000 to hide that Trump had an out-of-wedlock child, and the Manhattan DA said the story was true. Social media users also shared the headline and claimed Trump had an out-of-wedlock child. [...] The New Republic later changed its headline to "A Trump Tower Doorman Who Said Trump Had a Child Out of Wedlock Was Paid $30,000 in Hush Money."
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-03-30): The charges relate to hush money payments Trump made to reimburse intermediaries for silencing three people who claimed to have dirt on the businessman in the runup to the 2016 election: The first two are believed to be former porn star Stormy Daniels, and former Playboy model Karen McDougal—both of whom claimed to have affairs with Trump. (He denies this.) The third payment relates to a doorman who claimed he had information about Trump fathering a child out of wedlock. Documents filed by prosecutors indicate the doorman’s story was false. [...] The indictment also details a payoff involving the National Enquirer tabloid, which paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman who claimed to know that Trump fathered a child out of wedlock. The same tabloid made another payment to Karen McDougal, Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in 1998, who wanted to sell her story of an affair with Trump. She reached a $150,000 agreement with the Enquirer, which bought the rights to her story to suppress it. [...] Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney overseeing the case against Trump, said that the former President and his associates attempted to withhold negative information in a "catch and kill scheme" intended to bolster his candidacy for President in 2016. He added that the evidence presented at trial will show that Trump falsified business records to cover up crimes related to the 2016 presidential election.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-03-31): Alvin Bragg: The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump [...] His office has been investigating an alleged hush money settlement between Donald Trump and an adult film star. [...] The Republican ex-president vehemently denies wrongdoing. He took to his own social media platform to say that he does not expect to have a fair trial in New York.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2024-05-31): A New York jury convicting Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records brought the former president’s weekslong trial to a close but ushered in a new phase of the historic case. Now in the unique position of being the first former US president convicted of a felony, Trump faces the possibility of a prison sentence or probation for his crimes stemming from a hush money payment scheme he helped facilitate ahead of the 2016 presidential election. [...] When will Trump be sentenced? Judge Juan Merchan has set Trump’s sentencing for 10 a.m. ET on July 11. For now, the former president will remain out of prison as he awaits his sentencing. Prosecutors did not ask for Trump to post any bond.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-04): Trump doorman story: Indictment details $30,000 payment to doorman who claimed he had info on a child [...] The statement of facts released by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office outlines a $30,000 payment in 2015 to the "Doorman," who was attempting to sell a story that Trump fathered a child out of wedlock. [...] In October or November of 2015, the statement of facts reads, upon learning that the doorman was attempting to sell information that Trump allegedly had a child out of wedlock, AMI negotiated with the doorman for $30,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-05): Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, April 4. Apart from Donald Trump’s indictment by a Manhattan grand jury over his alleged role in a scheme to silence an adult film star, here is a list of notable ongoing investigations, lawsuits and controversies hanging over the former president. [...] New York Attorney General Letitia James, after a lengthy investigation, sued Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization in September, alleging they were involved in an expansive fraud lasting over a decade that the former president used to enrich himself. James is seeking $250 million in allegedly ill-gotten funds. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has called the investigation politically motivated based on the electoral ambitions of James, a Democrat. A trial is set for October 2023.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-06): Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. today announced the indictment of DONALD J. TRUMP, 76, for falsifying New York business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election. During the election, TRUMP and others employed a "catch and kill" scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. TRUMP then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws. [...] In one instance, American Media Inc. ("AMI"), paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child TRUMP had out of wedlock. In a second instance, AMI paid $150,000 to a woman who alleged she had a sexual relationship with TRUMP. When TRUMP explicitly directed a lawyer who then worked for the Trump Organization as TRUMP’s Special Counsel ("Special Counsel") to reimburse AMI in cash, the Special Counsel indicated to TRUMP that the payment should be made via a shell company and not by cash. AMI ultimately declined to accept reimbursement after consulting their counsel. AMI, which later admitted its conduct was unlawful in an agreement with federal prosecutors, made false entries in its business records concerning the true purpose of the $150,000 payment.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2024-05-31): Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. today announced the all-count trial conviction of DONALD J. TRUMP, 77, for falsifying New York business records in order to conceal his illegal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. TRUMP was convicted by a New York State Supreme Court jury of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree. He is expected to be sentenced on July 11. [...] The genesis of the scheme was a 2015 meeting at Trump Tower where an agreement was hatched between TRUMP, his former attorney Michael Cohen, and David Pecker, the CEO of American Media Inc. ("AMI"). TRUMP, David Pecker and Michael Cohen agreed that AMI would prevent damaging information about TRUMP from becoming public. AMI, which owned the National Enquirer, purchased stories as part of a "catch and kill" strategy in order to protect TRUMP. In one instance, American Media Inc. paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child TRUMP had out of wedlock.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2024-10-01): On May 13, Cohen acknowledged that he, Trump and David Pecker conspired to suppress negative stories and promote positive stories about Trump during the 2016 election.[426] He said his work in this matter "was at the direction of and benefit of Mr. Trump", stating that "Everything required Mr. Trump's sign-off."[428] By email (shown as evidence), Cohen informed the National Enquirer that Trump did not want them to report his affair with a "Penthouse Pet".[426] Cohen specified his role in the Enquirer's first catch-and-kill story for Trump, about a Trump Tower doorman who alleged that Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.[426] Cohen detailed his role in the hush-money payment to McDougal, stating that he monitored progress by text, phone and the Signal app.[426] He repeated that he communicated by "phone, email and text" with McDougal, Daniels and Keith Davidson.[426][9] By text message, Cohen told Dylan Howard that he was making the payments on Trump's behalf.[426] He further noted that after Pecker refused to pay for the Daniels story, he took over as funder of "catch-and-kill operations".[426] [...] - ^ "Trump tried to hide news of alleged affair from wife, former aide testifies". The Telegraph. May 3, 2024. Archived from the original on May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2024-04-27): "President Trump is innocent. President Trump did not commit any crimes. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office should have never brought this case." [...] Jurors heard how the scheme was first put into practice after a former Trump World Tower doorman, Dino Sajudin, claimed that the then-2016 candidate had a love child with a maid working at Trump Tower. [...] Mr Pecker told the court they agreed upon $30,000 for the story and Cohen told him that "the boss was very pleased," referring to Mr Trump.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-03-31): Alvin Bragg: The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump - Published [...] His office has been investigating an alleged hush money settlement between Donald Trump and an adult film star. [...] The Republican ex-president vehemently denies wrongdoing. He took to his own social media platform to say that he does not expect to have a fair trial in New York.
Claim: The New Republic claimed in an article that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office determined a Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to hide a story about former President Donald Trump’s out of wedlock child. (The New Republic, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-11): A Trump Tower Doorman Who Said Trump Had a Child Out of Wedlock Was Paid $30,000 in Hush Money [...] "In one instance, American Media Inc. (‘AMI’), paid $30,000 to a former Trump Tower doorman, who claimed to have a story about a child TRUMP had out of wedlock," the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced Tuesday, referring to the company that owned The National Enquirer at the time. [...] Though the district attorney’s office did not specify, it seems the doorman might be Dino Sajudin, according to a 2018 report from The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. Sajudin allegedly told a National Enquirer reporter that Trump had possibly fathered a child out of wedlock with a former housekeeper. Sajudin apparently passed a lie detector test on the idea, prompting AMI to pay him for the exclusive rights to the story, all in order to kill it.