Claim: "Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
Fact-check: R.I. congressional candidate Brendan Doherty says federal government has paid $601 million in five years to dead retirees
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Mooney
Date published: 2012-05-23T00:00:00