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All quotes below are from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact

A fact is an occurrence in the real world.[1]

Whatever is fact is conditioned upon its Framework and System of Knowledge [FSK].

For example,
"This sentence contains words." is a linguistic fact, and
"The sun is a star." is an astronomical fact.
Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States." and "Abraham Lincoln was assassinated." are also both facts, of history.

In the above case, the Framework and System of Knowledge are 'linguistic' 'astronomy' and 'history' respectively. There are other FSK, e.g. Science, legal, economics, geometry, mathematics, "moral", even of the arts and aesthetics, etc.

Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief.

The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability — that is whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience.
Standard reference works are often used to check facts.
Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact

Can anyone justify there are 'facts' which are merely 'facts' that are free-standing, totally unconditional, fact-in-itself, fact-by-itself and the likes?

If facts can arise from any Framework and System of Knowledge, why shouldn't moral facts be conditioned from and qualified upon a Moral Framework and System?

I believe when anyone mentioned the any statement-of-fact, generally, it is implied primarily to be empirically evident and ultimately can be justified by scientific means.

Where secondary, then the facts must be traceable to some specific Framework and System of Knowledge, e.g. the more obvious legal, economics, geometry, mathematics and the likes

If it is not obvious, a serious dig will trace whatever that is claimed as 'fact' to some specific Framework and System of Knowledge.

Note: In another perspective [not common nor general] what-is-fact is placed along a continuum of degree of veracity, truthfulness and justification. I will not go into detail on this until its relevance is needed.