“The folks that are around President Biden today in his White House talking about foreign policy are the same leaders — a fellow named Brett McGurk sent $150 billion, pallets of cash, to the Iranians, who are hosting the senior al-Qaeda leadership in Tehran today.”
Mike Pompeo
Former Secretary of State. in an interview on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures". Claim dated 19 Sep 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
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Mike Pompeo (Former Secretary of State) made this claim around 19 September 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Mike Pompeo has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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