8 Fact-Checks On The Trump Administration This Week

The Trump administration continued to play loose with facts in week three. President Trump took aim at one of his favorite targets — the media — accusing them of not reporting terrorist attacks. The very list of attacks the White House released hours later contradicted those claims.

Trump again cited incorrect statistics on the country's murder rate, though a day later he did use the right numbers. Press secretary Sean Spicer had his own "Bowling Green massacre" moment when he referred multiple times to a terrorist attack in Atlanta that never happened. And at the end of the week, President Trump again brought up false claims that there were illegal voters in the November election.

But the number of false claims we're finding have decreased this week. We've highlighted eight issues or statements below. And throughout the week you can find us annotating the president's tweets for more context, too:

"It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. In many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons and you understand that." ...; In an interview which aired Monday with Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, Trump claims only 109 people were affected by travel ban...; Trump in a Tuesday meeting with U.S. chiefs of police and sheriffs: "... the murder rate is the highest it's been in, I guess, 45 to 47 years."...; White House press secretary Sean Spicer cites a non-existent Atlanta terrorist attack...; Trump attacks CNN's Chris Cuomo on Twitter...; Yemen raid — success or failure?...; Ivanka Trump and Nordstrom...; Trump brings up voting fraud allegations — again ...