For this reason, we name Trump’s claim that the Russia interference is a hoax as our Lie of the Year for 2017. Readers of PolitiFact also chose the claim as the year's most significant falsehood ...

That’s the big political story of 2017. There was no lie of the year so much as it was the year of the lie. It started with Trump declaring his inauguration crowd the biggest in history.

Trump told a public lie Didn’t tell a public lie JaN. 2017 Feb. March April Inauguration President Trump’s political rise was built on a lie (about Barack Obama's birthplace). His lack of ...

PolitiFact National will soon announce its Lie of the Year — the most significant falsehood of 2017, as chosen by its editors and reporters. PolitiFact readers are also invited to vote for ...