“The special counsel investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election was "absolutely baseless.”
What FactCheck.org found
The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General found the investigation “was opened for an authorized investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
White House (Statement from the Press Secretary) made this claim around 10 July 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Ample Evidence for Probe”.
White House has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-execu…
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