ABC debate fact-check of Trump ages poorly as FBI quietly revises violent crime statistics up

A fact-check successful the ABC News statesmanlike statement has aged poorly aft the FBI softly made a stunning correction astir convulsive transgression rates successful the U.S. 

In past month's governmental showdown betwixt former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump cited the emergence of convulsive transgression to hammer the Biden-Harris administration's record. 

"Crime present is up and done the extortion contempt their fraudulent statements that they made," Trump said. "Crime successful this state is done the roof."

Moments later, ABC statement moderator David Muir attempted to fact-check the Republican nominee. 

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Former President Trump hammered Vice President Kamala Harris implicit the emergence successful convulsive transgression during the ABC News statesmanlike debate. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"President Trump, arsenic you know, the FBI says wide convulsive transgression is really coming down successful this country," Muir responded.  

Trump instantly pushed back.

"Excuse me," Trump told Muir. "They were defrauding statements. They didn't see the worst cities. They didn't see the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud. Just similar their fig of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned retired to beryllium a fraud."

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A caller FBI revision appears to backmost Trump. After reporting determination was a 2.1% driblet successful convulsive crimes successful 2022, the FBI present admits determination was really a 4.5% increase. 

According to transgression and information adept John Lott, the caller numbers bespeak a nett summation of 80,029 convulsive crimes successful 2022 implicit 2021. He recovered that nether the umbrella of convulsive crime, determination were an further 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies and 37,091 aggravated assaults that year. 

Muir has yet to admit the FBI's stat alteration connected "World News Tonight," according to Grabien transcripts. 

ABC Presidential Debate co-moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis were heavy criticized for perpetually fact-checking erstwhile President Trump but declining to close Vice President Kamala Harris.  (ABC News)

ABC News did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

ABC News sparked aggravated fury arsenic its statement moderators repeatedly fact-checked Trump portion letting each of Harris' claims spell unchallenged. 

Even the wide writers of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" took a swipe astatine its broadcast rival for its "biased" debate.

"I had hoped the takeaway of the statement I moderated would beryllium my striking bully looks, but unfortunately, it was whether oregon not I was biased towards the Democrats, which… duh," formed subordinate Andrew Dismukes' Muir told viewers, sparking laughs from the audience.

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The FBI softly admitted determination was an uptick successful convulsive transgression crossed the US aft reporting a alteration successful 2022.  (Getty Images)

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Trump himself has repeatedly slammed Muir and ABC News, accusing the web of breaking the "deal" it had made with the Trump run anterior to the debate.

"Now you don't cognize this, but we had a woody with ABC that determination volition beryllium nary corrections of immoderate kind, and they violated the deal. Why? Because they're atrocious people, and they're fake news," Trump said connected Sept. 26 . "So helium did it galore times to maine during the debate. He violated the deal. That's the deal, due to the fact that you tin instrumentality thing and effort and marque up stories with it. We had a woody wherever that wouldn't happen. You could bash immoderate you wanted arsenic soon arsenic the statement was over, but helium did it successful full usurpation of what our statement was. And a batch of radical lasting close implicit determination [as helium looked toward his staff] volition archer you precisely what it was, volition amusement you what it was. David Muir has mislaid each credibility."

Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.