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Oil company founded by energy secretary paid no US taxes last year The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10…

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 5
Techniques found 0
Topics 0

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What happened

Oil company founded by energy secretary paid no US taxes last year The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10…

Why it matters

Liberty Energy, the oil field services company Wright founded in 2011 but left last … Related storyboards

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Liberty Energy, the oil field services company Wright founded in 2011.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Liberty Energy, the oil field services company Wright founded in 2011”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Liberty Energy was founded by Chris Wright in 2011. This is also corroborated by multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher Allen Wright (born January 15, 1965) is an American businessman and government official serving as the 17th United States secretary of energy since February 2025. Before leading the U.S. D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wright
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liberty Energy Inc. is an American onshore oilfield services company based in Denver, Colorado. Liberty Energy was founded by Chris Wright in 2011, who later became 17th United States secretary of en…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Energy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 2: “President Trump's approval numbers still fluctuate between 38% and 40% disapproval across”
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While web search results confirm that approval ratings are low and fluctuating, none of the provided evidence snippets specify the exact range of '38% and 40% disapproval'. In fact, one source mentions 63% disapproval, which contradicts a 38-40% disapproval range (though the claim might be referring to approval numbers, the phrasing 'disapproval across' is ambiguous and not supported by the specific numbers in the evidence).
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump once boasted of low gas prices. Now, the war in Iran is driving prices back up. What is his job approval rating? See polls.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/14/dona…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls. Updated May 10, 2026. Presidential approval rating. This is a daily average of polls conducted by dozens of different organizations since Inauguration …
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-appro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Approval Rating: Two Polls This Week Show Record Low As Economic Concerns Persist.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 3: “The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year”
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Multiple independent web search results (Politico and others) explicitly state that Liberty Energy paid no federal corporate income taxes last year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher Allen Wright (born January 15, 1965) is an American businessman and government official serving as the 17th United States secretary of energy since February 2025. Before leading the U.S. D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wright
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liberty Energy Inc. is an American onshore oilfield services company based in Denver, Colorado. Liberty Energy was founded by Chris Wright in 2011, who later became 17th United States secretary of en…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Energy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liberty Oil is an Australian petroleum distributor and retailer. It is owned and operated by Viva Energy who also own Shell, Reddy Express and OTR. The company is not to be confused with Liberty Energ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Oil
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Claim 4: “President Trump's approval rating remains a net negative in polling from several aggregators”
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Multiple sources from May 2026 indicate that President Trump's approval rating is 'underwater' (net negative), with one Reuters poll showing 36% approval and 63% disapproval.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration may refer to: Opinion polling on the first Trump presidency, 2017–2021 Opinion polling on the second Trump presidency, 2025–present
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article summarizes the results of polls taken during the second presidency of Donald Trump which gather and analyze public opinion on his administration's performance and policies. At the time wh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 5: “actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS”
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Three separate web search results confirm that Liberty Energy received more than $10 million back in tax benefits/refunds based on financial disclosures and nonprofit analysis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Calvin Fleming Jr. (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician, physician, and former naval officer serving as Treasurer of Louisiana since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he previously…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Radio Free Europe" is the debut single by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1981 on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone. The song features "what were to become the trad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 196…
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