The terminology has gotten really muddy, and people talk of statements that are true, i.e. in accordance with the facts as though they were the facts themselves

The terminology has gotten really muddy, and people talk of statements that are true, i.e. in accordance with the facts as though they were the facts themselves. The facts are what a true statement agrees with that makes it true. Facts are, epistemologically, the way things are. That statement wasn't a fact, but it was true.