Thu Jan 23 05:20:00 UTC 2025: **Trump Peddles Falsehoods in Fox News Interview**

Washington, D.C. – Former President Donald Trump reiterated a series of false claims during a Wednesday interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, encompassing the 2020 and 2024 elections, immigration, and the January 6th Capitol riot. The interview, conducted in the Oval Office, saw Trump repeat debunked assertions and introduce new, unsubstantiated allegations.

Among the falsehoods repeated were claims that the January 6th committee destroyed all collected information (fact-checkers confirm a large volume of evidence was preserved and released), that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted to rejecting an offer of 10,000 troops before the riot (no such offer or admission exists), and that he won the youth vote in 2024 by 36 points (polling data contradicts this). He also falsely claimed his 2020 vote total was inaccurate and that the 2020 election was rigged.

Trump further asserted that the number of migrants entering the US under President Biden’s administration is 21 million (far exceeding official figures), and that foreign countries, specifically Venezuela and the Congo, have emptied their prisons and mental institutions to send prisoners to the US (evidence refuting this claim is readily available). He also falsely claimed his administration enacted the largest tax cut in US history.

Finally, Trump repeated his false narrative about Representative Adam Schiff fabricating details of his 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, claiming a subsequent tape revealed the truth – a tape which does not exist.

Fact-checkers have comprehensively debunked each of these claims, highlighting the continued propagation of misinformation by the former president.

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