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“It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.”
Donald Trump Jr. Son of the president. an interview on ABC's "The View". Claim dated 7 Nov 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True

In short

Donald Trump Jr. (Son of the president) made this claim around 7 November 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 November 2019, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.

Donald Trump Jr. has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 11 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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