Veracity of statements by Donald Trump

The term "alternative facts" was coined by Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House aide in Donald Trump's administration, when she tried to justify a lie by then press secretary Sean Spicer, who claimed that the crowd assembled in Washington, DC for Trump's inauguration in 2017 "was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration" in person in the world (January 22, 2017).

About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram locked U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts for varying amounts of time on Jan. 6 over his inflammatory rhetoric after his supporters besieged the Capitol building.