Claim: "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released."
Fact-check: Donald Trump stretches the number of released terrorists
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Allison Graves
Date published: 2018-01-31T00:00:00