Fact check: Trump falsely claims US crime stats are only going up. Most went down last year, including massive drop in murder ( www.cnn.com )
Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Tuesday that US crime statistics are “only” going up. In fact, most US crime numbers went down last year – and the decreases included one of the largest national declines in murder ever recorded....
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