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Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee

“Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Trump has not denounced Russia, but that tracks with the statements he has made, saying the intelligence about Russia bounties was not credible, and that the information reported by the New York Times was a “hoax.”

Social media posts

“Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (Goonda Vijan Koran) is the man behind the 1971-1972 Thalassery communal riots was put behind the bars by Ajit Doval”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: Communal riots did break out in Thalassery, Kerala in 1971-1972. Also, Ajit Doval was sent there to bring the situation back to normalcy, but there is no evidence regarding Ajit Doval threatening ‘Gunda Vijayan Koran’. …

Donald Trump, president

“A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: The document Trump cited does not say anything about abolishing the police or prisons. In fact, it includes several passages that clearly indicate that police and prisons will exist in the future.