Lie June 22, 2020 · Interview · Crime

“And that you don't tell, you don't talk about criminal justice reform. President Obama didn't do it. And he couldn't do it. I'm not even sure he wanted to do it, but President Obama didn't do it. Nobody did it. I did it. I got it done.”

Said
June 22, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Repeated
56 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20076)

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