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Trump Press Conference Fact-Checked

Jefferson Public Radio | By Eric Teel
Published January 11, 2017 at 7:50 AM PST

On Wednesday, January 11th, President-elect Donald Trump took questions from the press for the first time since before the election (167 days) in what he himself described as a "general news conference." 

NPR's fact-checking team has poured through the statements made in the press conference, and the details are below.

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