“The New York Times and Washington Post reporting on the Russia investigation in 2017 "was fake news. ... Those Pulitzer Prizes should be given back immediately.”
What FactCheck.org found
A rereading of the articles shows that the work is quite solid. The reporting is heavily supported by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 7 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2020, 56 days later. Its rating was “Stories Were Accurate”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-governor-…
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