Fact-checking President Trumps CPAC speech
By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee
February 24 at 12:42 PM
... Here’s a roundup .. of his more dubious claims ...
Trump is referring to a Washington Post article that ... cited information provided by “nine current and former officials, who were in senior positions at multiple agencies at the time of the calls” ... No White House official has disputed the accuracy of the article — and indeed, it resulted in Flynn’s departure from the administration ...
Trump listed five mainstream media organizations — the New York Times, NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN — as the “FAKE NEWS media” and declared that they are the enemy of the American people ...
... Trump takes credit for .. cracking down on illegal immigration, but these arrests are routine. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has always targeted dangerous criminals ... The recent arrests, however, did include people who would not have fallen under narrowed enforcement priorities under Obama.The recent arrests .. did include people who would not have fallen under narrowed enforcement priorities under Obama. Still, 25 percent of the arrests were of people who had lesser charges and noncriminal convictions ...
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