Five lies from US President Donald Trump’s press conference on White House lawn

US President Donald Trump made a slew of false or misleading claims during an appearance on Fox and Friends that morphed into a news conference on the White House lawn. We fact-checked five whoppers. But this is only a partial list.

1. “I think that the report yesterday, maybe more importantly than anything, it totally exonerates me. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. And if you read the report, you’ll see that.”

This is false. The Justice Department inspector general on June 14 released a report that found fault with the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The 500-page report doesn’t delve into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election or possible collusion with Trump’s campaign, although it does scrutinise anti-Trump texts messages sent by several FBI agents.

2. “Manafort has nothing to do with our campaign … I feel a little badly about it. They went back 12 years to get things that he did 12 years ago?

“You know, Paul Manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. He worked for Ronald Reagan. He worked for Bob Dole. He worked for John McCain, or his firm did. He worked for many other Republicans. He worked for me, what, for 49 days or something? A very short period of time.”

Manafort, who was sent to jail June 15 for violating bail conditions, worked on Trump’s presidential campaign for 144 days in 2016, 92 of them as its chairman. He was an instrumental figure.