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“Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved" in May 29/30 protests near the White House.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. Twitter. Claim dated 30 May 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

The Secret Service said in a statement about the episode, “The Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police were on the scene.”

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 30 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 June 2020, 2 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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