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CLOSE White House Spokesman  Sean Spicer  doubled down on  his  claim that President Trump's inauguration was the most watched in history.  He  also said  his  intention is to "always tell the truth " but said there may be disagreement over the facts. (Jan. 23) AP
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway claimed that âalternative factsâ were employed by  Press Secretary Sean Spicer  when he tried to make the case that âthis was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration  period  both in person and around the globe.â Actually   Spicer  got several facts wrong.
 Spicer  then read a prepared statement later that day  further criticizing the media for âdishonesty.â
 Spicer   Jan. 21: "Secondly  photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way  in one particular tweet  to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall. â¦ We know that from the platform where the president was sworn in  to 4th Street  it holds about 250 000 people. From 4th Street to the media tent is about another 220 000. And from the media tent to the Washington Monument  another 250 000 people. All of this space was full when the president took the oath of office. We know that 420 000 people used the D.C. Metro public transit yesterday  which actually compares to 317 000 that used it for President Obamaâs last inaugural. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration â period â both in person and around the globe."
At a Jan. 23 press conference   Spicer  made an alternative argument  saying the number of people watching the inauguration on TV  online and in person had to be the largest ever.
âI have a right to say if you add up the network streaming numbers  Facebook  YouTube  all of the various live streaming that we have information on so far  I donât think thereâs any question it was the largest watched inauguration  ever â  Spicer  said.
On that point   Spicer  may be correct. While Nielsen TV ratings were higher in past years  some data suggests online viewership was up compared with 2009. But there is no comprehensive measurement available that would prove or disprove this claim.
On NBCâs Meet the Press  host Chuck Todd asked White House counselor Kellyanne Conway  â[W]hy the president asked the White House press secretary to come out in front of the podium for the first time and utter a falsehood?â Conway responded: âDonât be so overly dramatic about it  Chuck. What â Youâre saying itâs a falsehood. And theyâre giving Sean Spicer  our press secretary  gave alternative facts to that.â
PBSâ âNewsHourâ also posted a timelapse video of the crowd throughout Inauguration Day  which shows it didnât quite stretch back to the Washington Monument  as Trump and  Spicer  said. And as our fact-checking colleagues at The Washington Postpointed out  other journalists had more photographic evidence on Twitter.
Metro ridership. At the press conference   Spicer  also gave inaccurate numbers for those taking the Washington  D.C.  Metro system for Trumpâs inauguration compared with Obamaâs.
But thatâs not what Metro said  and  Spicer  acknowledged that during  his  Jan. 23 press conference.
 Spicer âs 317 000 figure was the number Metro gave for riders as of 11 a.m. on Inauguration Day 2013. The comparable number  for 11 a.m.  for Trumpâs inauguration was 193 000.
Crowd-size experts.  Spicer  was right about one thing: It appears  as  he  said  that no one has scientifically calculated estimates of the crowd size for Trumpâs inauguration. Congress has prohibited the National Park Service from making official estimates after it produced an official estimate that 460 000 turned out for the so-called âMillion Man Marchâ in 1995  prompting organizers to threaten a lawsuit.
 Spicer  argued that floor coverings over the grass on the National Mall âhighlight[ed] where people were not standing  while in years past the grass eliminated this visual.â
âI donât know how  [Spicer]  kept a straight face when he said that â Doig said.
TV and online viewership. But at the Jan. 23 press conference   Spicer  emphasized the combined audience â in person  watching on TV and watching online â was the highest in history. Asked if he was now saying that it was the largest in-person crowd for an inauguration   Spicer  said  âI am not. I am saying that it was the total largest audience witnessed in person and around the globe.â
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Fact check: The controversy over Trump's inauguration crowd size


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Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to drop independence plans or risk âgreater evilsâ.
 Puigdemont  said  in response to a question from the German Bild daily   he  was not afraid of being arrested.
Neither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest  Puigdemont   though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.
On Wednesday  in a televised address   Puigdemont  renewed  his  call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.
âWe will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force â  Puigdemont  told Bild. âI am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.â
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Spanish court suspends Catalan parliament session throwing independence call in doubt


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The disturbing verdict in the killing of  Kate Steinle  â finding a criminal illegal alien not guilty of the most serious charges for  her  death â illustrates the need to find a way to end the âsanctuary citiesâ movement that has spread around the nation.
 Steinle  was only 32 when  she  was shot and killed in July 2015 by a bullet fired by illegal alien Jose Ines Garcia Garcia Zarate  who had a record of seven felony convictions and five previous deportations. Garcia Zarate did not deny shooting  Steinle   but said  it  was an accident.
Garcia Zarate had been freed by San Francisco authorities three months before he shot  Steinle   despite a federal immigration detention request to hold him so federal officials could take him into custody.
 Steinle  had none of those protections as  she  stood over the San Francisco Bay with  her  father  who would know  her  pleas for help as the last thing  he âd ever hear  her  utter in a too-short life.
The sanctuary jurisdictions create opportunities for further harm  just like that posed by  Steinle âs killer. Their claim is that sanctuary cities are actually as safe as or safer than others  with illegal residents less likely to break the law and more likely to cooperate with law enforcement when real crimes occur.
Kate  Steinle âs tragic case is but one in a sea of unnecessary tears.
 The stories of Kate Steinle and Veronica Cabrera Ramirez  will fade with the passage of time. But  theirs  will simply be replaced by the stories of future victims of heinous and predictable crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens who take advantage of American kindness and weakness.
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Kate Steinle's tragic death shows why the 'sanctuary cities' movement threatens the safety of all Americans