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'Misleading Statements, Otherwise Known as a Lie'

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Erika Aguilar
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses members of the California Peace Officers' Association on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento. Sessions warned California that the federal government would use all its legal powers to fight protections provided to unauthorized immigrants, a day after suing the state over its sanctuary laws. (Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)

When ICE raided Northern California cities in February, they arrested more people than they expected. But you wouldn’t have known that from the Trump administration’s outcry after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the raids ahead of time. How ICE and Trump spun a false narrative about the Oakland mayor and the raids to drum up support for their base.  Read the full story and the emails here.

Guest: Matthias Gafni, investigative reporter for the Bay Area News Group

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