Lie January 2, 2018 · Social post · Foreign policy

“The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime. All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their 'pockets.'”

Said
January 2, 2018
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
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 1989)

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