Claim(permalink)
"The FBI has become America's secret police … like the old KGB."
✓politifact rating: not credible; published on 2017-12-08
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2017-12-08
Entities
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