Fact check: Trump makes false claims about crime, January 6 and the economy in GOP speech

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump abandoned his teleprompter in favor of impromptu musings in a speech at a retreat for House Republicans on Tuesday. And those ad-libbed Trump comments were filled with false claims. Trump littered his meandering address with at least 18 inaccurate statements, most of which have been previously