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Trump held a Mar-a-Lago news conference on Aug. 8, 2024. NPR later reviewed the transcript in an Aug. 11 piece and counted at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.
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Trump held a Mar-a-Lago news conference on Aug. 8, 2024. NPR later reviewed the transcript in an Aug. 11 piece and counted at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.
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Trump held a Mar-a-Lago news conference on Aug. 8, 2024. NPR later reviewed the transcript in an Aug. 11 piece and counted at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.
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