US presidential debate: Fact-checking the most outlandish claims from Trump vs Clinton

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Under my plan I will be reducing taxes tremendously.” —Trump Trump’s tax plan would raise federal income taxes on more than half of America’s single parents and one-fifth of families with children, according to an analysis by Lily Batchelder, a New York University expert on tax policy who formerly worked for Obama’s National Economic Council. Trump’s Taj Mahal opened in April 1990 in Atlantic City, but six months later, “defaulted on interest payments to bondholders as his finances went into a tailspin,” The Washington Post’s Robert O’Harrow found. Clinton: “You know, I made a mistake using a private email.” Trump: “That’s for sure.” Clinton: “And if I had to do it over again, I would, obviously, do it differently. She failed to get the birth certificate.” —Trump To support the debunked notion that Clinton’s campaign originated “birther” rumors during the 2008 presidential campaign, Trump pointed to these two examples.