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“Billionaires got $400 billion richer" during the pandemic.”
Hillary Clinton Former Democratic presidential nominee. Democratic National Convention. Claim dated 19 Aug 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts

What FactCheck.org found

Liberal groups estimated a $434 billion increase in the net worth of America's more than 600 billionaires during "the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic." Actually, the pandemic started much earlier.

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In short

Hillary Clinton (Former Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 19 August 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.

Hillary Clinton has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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