Claim(permalink)
During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."
✓politifact rating: not credible; published on 2017-07-21
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2017-07-21
Entities
MarsJames VI and IAttorney generalFact-checkingUnited States Deputy Attorney GeneralFederal government of the United StatesPolitiFactWatergate scandalClevelandCharles I of EnglandTheodore RooseveltFrench languageUnited States Department of JusticeDemocracyWhite House Press SecretaryFake newsUnited States Attorney GeneralRichard NixonDemocratic National CommitteePresidency of Donald TrumpJohn F. KennedyGeneral officerUnited States CongressFederal Bureau of InvestigationNew York CityPresident of the United StatesRonald KesslerJ. Edgar HooverLawfareStandard operating procedureUncertain TermsBrookings Institution