Lie April 18, 2020 · Press conference · Foreign policy

“John Kerry, when he -- who made the [Iran nuclear] deal originally, which was a stupid deal to make. Gave them $150 billion. Gave 1.8 billion in cash, in green.”

Said
April 18, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
136 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19496)

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