Justice Dept Data Shows Trump Lied About Terrorism And Immigrants
Caroline Orr
August 2, 2018 5:00 am
It’s no secret that Trump lies a lot, about matters big and small.
There are daily newspaper sections dedicated to tracking his lies, countless articles devoted to explaining and debunking his lies, entire books focused on discussing his history of lies, a Twitter hashtag created to catalogue his lies, a raging debate about what to call his lies — and as of this week, there’s now an official government statement confirming that he lies.
In a letter responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent lawsuit filed by Lawfare’s editor in chief Benjamin Wittes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) admitted that Trump lied to Congress just a month after taking office, during his first speech before a joint session.
In the Feb. 28, 2017, speech, Trump falsely claimed that, according to DOJ data, “the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country.”
At the time, Trump was trying to sell his Muslim ban to the American public after losing his first series of court battles over the bigoted policy. Since then, he has peddled the same lie repeatedly, often in an effort to gin up support for his agenda. For example, this lie, and others like it, have been used to justify the cruel practice of separating families at the border under the guise of national security.
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