“When we took office in January, the Trump administration had not processed a single special immigrant visa since March of 2020, in nearly a year.”
Jake Sullivan
national security adviser. at a briefing at the White House. Claim dated 23 Aug 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Sullivan misspoke and meant to refer to Interviews -- which is not accurate either.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jake Sullivan (national security adviser) made this claim around 23 August 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 August 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/23/press-briefing-by-pr…
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