“Very importantly, why didn’t the Federal Elections [Commission] do anything? Federal Elections took a total pass on it. They said essentially nothing was done wrong or they would have done something about it.”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president. remarks at Manhattan Criminal Court, New York. Claim dated 22 Apr 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
The FEC staff wanted to investigate but the commission deadlocked in a tie vote
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In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 22 April 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2024, 1 day 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.
Where the claim appeared
- washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/23/trump-courtroom-facts-opinions/
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