AP FACT CHECK: Trump and a tale of 2 sheets of paper
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May 26, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump held up and read from a sheet of paper in the Rose Garden this past week as he argued he's been hounded by investigators in the Russia probe for no reason. "Nearly 500 search warrants," says the page, from an ABC News graphic. "More than 2,500 subpoenas." And: "19 special counsel lawyers & 40 FBI agents worked the case."
If that sounds like overkill by the Robert Mueller inquiry, it's only half the story.
Trump did not show or quote from a second page that goes with the graphic, laying out the results of the investigation. Among them: "37 total indicted...
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