Fact-check: “Senator Gillibrand has never been on a private jet.”
Verdict: False (88% confidence)
Official congressional spending records published by the Secretary of the Senate and analyzed by multiple news organizations document that Senator Gillibrand repeatedly chartered aircraft — including what reporting describes as 'small charter jets' — for official travel over more than a decade, spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. FEC campaign finance records separately show approximately $462,900 paid to Zen Air, a charter jet service. Gillibrand's own office previously defended…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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