Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler on Trump and the Truth

from The Takeout with Major Garrett · host CBS News

Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler keeps a database of President Trump's misstatements, exaggerations and lies. That database has more than 19,000 entries and Kessler's new book "Donald Trump and his Assault on Truth" chronicles many of those claims. Is Chicago more dangerous than Afghanistan? Did US Steel open new plants in 2018?

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