Lie September 4, 2020 · Press conference · Crime

“I wouldn't have to let prisoners go -- some very evil prisoners go. Like, think of it: The Democrats, in order to get what they want and in order to give us what we -- they're talking about allowing prisoners to be released; prisoners that we don't want to be released.”

Said
September 4, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Repeated
7 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 23565)

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