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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu May 30, 2019, 08:32 PM May 2019

Fact-checking Trump's flurry of falsehoods and lies after Mueller declined to exonerate him

Source: CNN

Fact-checking Trump's flurry of falsehoods and lies after Mueller declined to exonerate him

By Marshall Cohen
Updated 2314 GMT (0714 HKT) May 30, 2019

Washington (CNN) — One day after special counsel Robert Mueller publicly refused to exonerate President Donald Trump and hinted at potential impeachment, the President responded Thursday with an avalanche of widely debunked lies about the investigation and its findings.

Over a few hours Thursday morning, Trump spread several lies and falsehoods about the Russia investigation, Mueller's findings, the cost of the probe, and the legal restrictions that Mueller faced when grappling with the possibility of a President who broke the law.

Here's a breakdown of Trump's comments.

Cost of the investigation

In a tweet, Trump said the Mueller probe cost "$40,000,000 over two dark years."

Facts First: It's not clear where Trump is getting his numbers. The latest information from the Justice Department goes through September and says Mueller-specific expenses were around $12 million. Mueller's final price tag will be higher than that, but the data isn't public yet.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/30/politics/fact-checking-trump-mueller-claims/index.html
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Fact-checking Trump's flurry of falsehoods and lies after Mueller declined to exonerate him (Original Post) Eugene May 2019 OP
Trump's golf outings have cost taxpayers over $100 million so far sop May 2019 #1
JUST THIS............. MyOwnPeace May 2019 #2

MyOwnPeace

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2. JUST THIS.............
Thu May 30, 2019, 08:42 PM
May 2019

should be enough to get the "I" thing going!

My GAWD, at this point, I cannot understand why anybody would delay any longer.

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