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Sarah Sanders admits botched claim on terrorist apprehensions

By Daniel Chaitin
Published January 9, 2019 3:39pm ET
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Sarah Sanders admits botched claim on terrorist apprehensions
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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders admitted Wednesday that she misstated statistics about border security in recent days.

Over the weekend, Sanders was fact-checked by “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace about her claim that about 4,000 known or suspected terrorists have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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