FactCheck.org says both Kansas attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence
FactCheck.orgFact-checking project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, in an article by Paul Cuno-Booth
FactCheck.org says the WinSenate ads leave out that Marshall supported the 2025 law requiring release of the Epstein files and misdescribe donors as Epstein associates, and that there is no evidence Hamilton knowingly protected a predator.
“In both cases, the attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence.”
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Super PAC ads accuse Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton of protecting pedophiles in the Kansas Senate race; FactCheck.org calls both attacks misleading or unsupported
A WinSenate ad says Sen. Roger Marshall helped cover up Jeffrey Epstein's abuse by voting to keep the Epstein files sealed, and a Senate Leadership Fund ad says his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton, protected a pedophile at his church's camp. FactCheck.org says both attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence.
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FactCheck.org's review of two WinSenate ads about Sen. Roger Marshall and a Senate Leadership Fund ad about Adam Hamilton. It quotes the ads, an emailed statement from WinSenate spokesperson Lauren French, statements from spokespeople for two donors named in one ad, and Hamilton's remarks in an October debate and on CNN.
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The article opens by saying that ads from Democratic and Republican outside groups in the tight Kansas Senate race accuse the other party's candidate of having protected pedophiles.
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The article says Marshall supported the November 2025 law requiring release of the files after voting against an amendment he opposed attaching to an unrelated defense bill, and that Hamilton has acknowledged the church could have handled the case better.
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The reference point is the super PAC ads' accusations that Marshall and Hamilton protected pedophiles. FactCheck.org says the WinSenate ads do not give a full account of Marshall's votes and that the record does not show Hamilton knowingly protected a predator, which disputes both characterizations.
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