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30 September
7:43 pm

he represented pedophiles and folks running Stinger missiles to the Sinaloa cartel

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Alexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

7:43 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific allegation about Fontes' legal clients — that he represented individuals running Stinger missiles to the Sinaloa cartel — is a concrete, verifiable factual claim that could materially mislead voters if inaccurate
What we foundFontes did represent a defendant in a Sinaloa cartel Stinger missile case and clients charged with child sex crimes, but the claim overstates the nature of the weapons case: his client was attempting to acquire Stinger missiles for the cartel, not 'running' them to the cartel, and the weapons were never actually obtained.
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