“What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat(ic) National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.”
What PolitiFact found
The Watergate was illegal, while the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home would have received formal approval from a federal judge.
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In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 8 August 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 August 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “One was legal, one wasn't”.
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
- hollywoodreporter.comhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/trump-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-doj-123519…
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