Interrupted by shooting, Trump continues to spin false narrative around mail-in voting/Covid

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Fact check: Interrupted by shooting, Trump continues to spin false narrative around mail-in voting and coronavirus

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-briefing-virginia-ballots-fact-check/index.html

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump turned his Monday news conference into a dishonesty spree, blitzing reporters with rapid-fire false claims on a variety of his favorite topics -- the coronavirus pandemic, mail-in voting, China, Democrats generally and President Barack Obama in particular. 

Trump made a false claim in the opening minutes of the briefing, wrongly saying it is easy for foreign countries to interfere with mail-in voting. After he was taken out of the room because of a Secret Service shooting near the White House, he returned to make a whole bunch more.

Trump said China wants him to lose the election, then added, "You know who else is not happy with us winning? Russia."

Facts First: The US intelligence community says the opposite about Russia. The intelligence community's top election official, a Trump appointee, announced in a statement last week that Russia is actively working to hurt Trump's opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.
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"We assess that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Biden and what it sees as an anti-Russia 'establishment,' " William R. Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said in the statement.

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