Trump's whistleblower claim receives 2019 'Lie of the Year' award from fact-checker PolitiFact
Updated 6:03 pm EST Dec. 16, 2019
President Donald Trump did not receive the distinction of being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but his claims about the anonymous whistleblower did score "Lie of the Year" from fact-checking website PolitiFact.
Trump has repeatedly said the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment inquiry was "almost completely wrong" about his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a claim that PolitiFact rated the most significant falsehood of 2019.
Updated 6:03 pm EST Dec. 16, 2019
President Donald Trump did not receive the distinction of being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but his claims about the anonymous whistleblower did score "Lie of the Year" from fact-checking website PolitiFact.
Trump has repeatedly said the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment inquiry was "almost completely wrong" about his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a claim that PolitiFact rated the most significant falsehood of 2019.