“This trial that I have now, that’s a Biden trial.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 16 Apr 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into Trump’s business records began before Joe Biden was president.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 16 April 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 April 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
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