“There was a letter sent by Democratic senators in May 2018 threatening the Ukraine to cut off aid if they did not investigate Trump.”
Lindsey Graham
U.S. senator. Fox News interview. Claim dated 25 Sep 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
In short
Lindsey Graham (U.S. senator) made this claim around 25 September 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2019, 20 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Lindsey Graham has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/transcript/lara-trump-nothing-trump-said-to-the-ukrainian-preside…
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