Trump repeats conspiracy theories and election lies in CNN town hall | First Thing
Ex-president and frontrunner for Republican nomination fielded questions from voters offering his thoughts on a range of topics. Plus, why the climate crisis is leading to a rise in pirate attacks
Good morning.
Donald Trump appeared at a CNN town hall last night to unleash a litany of lies about the 2020 election and E Jean Carroll's lawsuit, just one day after a New York jury found the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
How did Collins handle Trump's lies? Not well. Trump steamrolled over attempted interruptions from Collins as the town hall immediately turned into what many had feared: an opportunity for Trump to lie about dozens of topics, almost completely unfettered, across 60 minutes of primetime television.
What lies did he tell? The former president made false and misleading claims about the 2020 election, the January 6 insurrection, immigration, his border wall, abortion, his sexual abuse trial, the investigation into his handling of classified documents and other subjects. Here are the Guardian's factchecks of some of Trump's statements.
What has Russia said about the situation? Russia's military operation against Ukraine is very difficult" but will continue, Tass news agency cited the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, as telling a Bosnian television station yesterday.
What has Ukraine said about the spring counteroffensive? In an interview with several media outlets, including the BBC, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the country needs more time to prepare for a much-anticipated spring counteroffensive. He told viewers: We can go forward and be successful. But we'd lose a lot of people. I think that's unacceptable. So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time."
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