“President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate”
What PolitiFact found
Letitia James said during her 2018 campaign for New York attorney general that she would investigate then-President Donald Trump. In March 2019, she began an investigation. Those actions were before Biden was president.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 16 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.