“The FBI fudged the numbers" in the Uniform Crime Crime, showing that murders and violent crime decreased in 2023.”
What FactCheck.org found
The FBI data for 2023 are preliminary, but crime statistics experts say the reporting behind the downward trend is solid, and that trend is validated by data samples from local and state law enforcement reports.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former President) made this claim around 12 April 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 May 2024, 21 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.
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