Lie January 14, 2020 · Rally · Crime

“To give former prisoners a second chance at life, we passed -- it was us, not the Democrats -- they came to me, they wanted help. I gave them help. I got it done. … Obama couldn't do it. Bush couldn't do it. Nobody could do it. I got it approved. And from the day it was approved, I got no thanks, I got no credit and that's okay because, you know. But we passed bipartisan criminal justice reform and that's helped so many people.”

Said
January 14, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 16559)

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