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“When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?”
Donald Trump President of the United States. Twitter. Claim dated 12 May 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisBaseless Claim

What FactCheck.org found

The medical examiner found that the death was accidental, due to a heart problem that caused Scarborough's aide to fall and hit her head on a desk.

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

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 12 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2020, 15 days later. Its rating was “Baseless Claim”.

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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