“The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.”
Mitt Romney
U.S. Senator. Claim dated 29 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
A 2020 agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban called for the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners who were held by the Afghan government.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mitt Romney (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 29 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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