“So the so-called HHS Whistleblower was against HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. Then why did he make, and sign, an emergency use authorization? ... A dumb @60Minutes hit job on a grandstanding Never Trumper!”
Donald Trump
President. in a Twitter post. Claim dated 18 May 2020.
Washington Post rated thisTwo Pinocchios
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 18 May 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.
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.
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