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Fact-checking Trump's Michigan rally
By Holmes Lybrand
Updated 11:41 AM ET, Fri March 29, 2019
(CNN) - During his rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump handed out crowd pleasing lines left and right. Amid his near 90-minute speech tackling "collusion delusion," the US economy, his wall and so forth the President made a few extravagant claims.
Here's what we looked at in our live fact check last night.
The Russian probe
Trump opened his rally in Michigan by describing the "incredible couple of weeks" America has seen recently. He cited the economy, the defeat of ISIS in Syria and the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"After three years of lies, smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead" Trump said. "The collusion delusion is over."
He said Mueller "found no collusion and no obstruction" and said the report exonerated him.
Facts first: The President is correct on the question of collusion, but he is wrong to suggest that Mueller found "no obstruction."
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/politics/fact-checking-trump-michigan-speech/index.html