“The Department of Justice just released brand new Crime Data showing I was absolutely and completely right at the Debate. In fact, the Data is even worse than we could have ever imagined. Compared to 2020, Violent Crime is up nearly 40 percent.”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president. in a post on Truth Social. Claim dated 12 Sep 2024.
Washington Post rated thisCherry-picked data
What Washington Post found
Trump is dating from 2020, when numbers were affected by covid
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In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 12 September 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2024, 6 days later. Its rating was “Cherry-picked data”.
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