CNN just live fact-checked President Trump


President Donald Trump famously slammed CNN as "fake news," and the network is fighting back by tweeting "the facts" at Trump and his operatives. In its latest live fact-check, CNN shut down Trump's assertion that "Chris Cuomo, in his interview with Sen. [Richard] Blumenthal, never asked him about his long-term lie about his brave 'service' in Vietnam."
CNN's communication team offered video proof that Trump's allegations were completely incorrect:
"The president, once again, with all due respect, is off on the facts," Cuomo said.
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