Here we lay out the conflicting accounts of what Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, told the House Committee on Oversight and Reform at the Feb. 27 hearing, and what the president has said in the past.
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FactChecking Sanders’ CNN Town Hall
Trump’s Misdirection on ‘Criminal Aliens’
President Donald Trump suggests that the percentage of “illegal aliens” in federal prisons supports the need for a border wall. But it’s misleading to look only at the federal prison population, since state prisons and local jails house approximately 90 percent of the total U.S. incarcerated population.
Trump’s Habit of Inflating Trade Deficits
Trump Disinformation on Deficits
Video: FactChecking Trump’s Fact-Checking Claim
FactChecking Trump’s National Emergency Remarks
The Facts on the ‘Green New Deal’
FactChecking Trump’s El Paso Rally
Trump Is Wrong About Fact-Checkers
President Trump falsely suggested that fact-checkers didn’t hold then-President Barack Obama accountable for his false promise that if you like your health care plan or your doctor, you can keep them under the Affordable Care Act. We wrote as far back as 2009 that Obama couldn’t make that promise to everyone.