President Donald Trump thinks he solved crime in the nation's capital. Let’s take a look at the data (which he says is dubious).
This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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