A fact-check in the ABC News presidential debate has aged poorly after the FBI quietly made a stunning correction about violent crime rates in the U.S.
In last month's political showdown between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump cited the rise of violent crime to hammer the Biden-Harris administration's record.
"Crime here is up and through the roof despite their fraudulent statements that they made," Trump said. "Crime in this country is through the roof."
ABC debate moderator David Muir attempted to fact-check the Republican nominee.
"President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is actually coming down in this country," Muir responded.
Trump immediately pushed back.
"Excuse me," Trump told Muir. "They were defrauding statements. They didn't include the worst cities. They didn't include the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud. Just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud."
The latest FBI revision now backs Trump.
After reporting there was a 2.1% drop in violent crimes in 2022, the FBI now admits there was actually a 4.5% increase.
In last month's political showdown between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump cited the rise of violent crime to hammer the Biden-Harris administration's record.
"Crime here is up and through the roof despite their fraudulent statements that they made," Trump said. "Crime in this country is through the roof."
ABC debate moderator David Muir attempted to fact-check the Republican nominee.
"President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is actually coming down in this country," Muir responded.
Trump immediately pushed back.
"Excuse me," Trump told Muir. "They were defrauding statements. They didn't include the worst cities. They didn't include the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud. Just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud."
The latest FBI revision now backs Trump.
After reporting there was a 2.1% drop in violent crimes in 2022, the FBI now admits there was actually a 4.5% increase.