Here is a definition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fact


fact   [fakt] Show IPA
noun
1.
something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.

2.
something known to exist or to have happened: Space travel is now a fact.

3.
a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true: Scientists gather facts about plant growth.

4.
something said to be true or supposed to have happened: The facts given by the witness are highly questionable.

5.
Law . Often, facts. an actual or alleged event or circumstance, as distinguished from its legal effect or consequence. Compare question of fact, question of law.


Number one and two agrees that a fact is something that is known to exist, known to have happened, actually exists, or is reality, and/or truth.

Number four states or implies that a fact is a statement: IE: "Something said to be true or supposed to have happened." It also implies that a "fact" could be wrong or "questionable."

So Creative, you are claiming that a statement cannot be a fact. It can only be "true" or "false" because a fact is something that exists, reality, truth, etc.

And yet you have also insisted that statements exist.

If a fact is an actual thing, how can a witness give facts, as in the following statement used for an example:

"The facts given by the witness are highly questionable."