CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews four claims from the final presidential debate in his latest fact-checking video as part of our weekly series with the host of “State of the Union.”
Video: The Final Debate
Person: Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s Misleading Debt Claims
In the final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton claimed that her proposals would “not add a penny to the debt.” But a nonpartisan budget watchdog group estimates that what she has detailed thus far would add $200 billion to the debt over 10 years.
Video: The Final Debate
This video features eight claims that we fact-checked at the third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas.
FactChecking the Final Presidential Debate
In the final debate in Las Vegas, we found the deck was still stacked against the facts.
A Deal That Never Happened
Donald Trump is making false and grossly inflated claims about an alleged “quid pro quo” between the State Department and the FBI regarding one of Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Groundhog Friday
At this stage of the campaign, we often hear similar claims repeated over and over in stump speeches.
Trump Twists Facts on Murder Case
Donald Trump falsely claimed that a “criminal alien” released from prison in 2012 and later convicted of murdering a Connecticut woman in 2015 was “set free by [Hillary] Clinton’s watch” when she was secretary of state.
Clinton’s Auto Bailout Falsehood
Hillary Clinton wrongly said that “back in the Great Recession … Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said … ‘Let it go.’ ” He supported the bailout in 2008. The “let it go” quote is from 2015, and taken out of context.
Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks
Donald Trump cited apparent excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s past closed-door speeches, contained in emails leaked by WikiLeaks, but he twisted those excerpts in some cases.
Video: Town Hall Debate Fact-checks
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper goes over seven claims from our analysis of the second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.