“Under the Presidential Records Act "I’m supposed to negotiate with NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration. … This is what we have to deal with, but there is no criminality under the Presidential Records Act.”
Donald Trump
former U.S. president. in a speech after his arraignment. Claim dated 4 Apr 2023.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
None of this is correct
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In short
Donald Trump (former U.S. president) made this claim around 4 April 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 April 2023, 16 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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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