As senators decided Thursday on whether to call witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial, the President made at least 27 false claims
Trump critics have warned that he would be emboldened if he were acquitted by the Senate. In the hours before Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander announced he would vote against calling witnesses, likely ensuring a quick acquittal, it was at least clear that Trump was not at all chastened.On Thursday, the President did a Fox News interview, delivered a speech in Michigan nominally about the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and held a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Federal judgesTrump said at the Iowa rally:"To uphold the rule of law, we have confirmed 191 federal judges, a record...And two great Supreme Court justices, by the way." Trump had not set a record for total judges appointed as of this point in a first presidential term; Jimmy Carter had appointed 197 judges by late January of his fourth year in office, according to data from Russell Wheeler, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who tracks judicial appointments.
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