CNN's Jake Tapper Brings In 'Fact Checker' Daniel Dale to Knock Trump's Opinions


by NewsBusters

NewsBusters— CNN's resident "fact checker" Daniel Dale usually shows his face on air when CNN wants to attack Donald Trump. On Thursday's The Lead with Jake Tapper, Dale confessed that Trump's statements during jury selection were mostly just opinion, but he mocked the "false conspiracy theory" that President Biden had something to do with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's prosecution, even though an Associate Attorney General joined Bragg's team. JAKE TAPPER: Daniel, we just heard a little speech from Mr....

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