June 22, 2016 🟡 Significant

Delivers scripted attack speech falsely claiming Clinton's emails could be used for 'blackmail'

On June 22, 2016, Trump delivered a teleprompter speech in New York attacking Hillary Clinton with a barrage of false and misleading claims. He alleged that foreign governments likely had her deleted emails and suggested they could use them for blackmail, saying 'While we may not know what is in those deleted emails, our enemies probably do' and 'So they probably now have a blackmail file over someone who wants to be president.' He also attacked her on Syrian refugees, the Uranium One deal, trade agreements, and her tenure as Secretary of State. Fact-checkers from FactCheck.org, NBC News, CNBC, and the Washington Post found numerous false and misleading statements throughout the speech. The speech was originally scheduled for earlier but was postponed after the Orlando attack, and while it was billed as unveiling major revelations, it largely recycled previous attacks with added conspiratorial allegations about foreign blackmail.

"While we may not know what is in those deleted emails, our enemies probably do. So they probably now have a blackmail file over someone who wants to be president of the United States." — June 22, 2016 scripted campaign speech in New York attacking Hillary Clinton

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