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Fact-checking the presidential debate: How did Clinton and Trump do?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off in the first presidential debate on Monday.

Were they telling the truth?

Fact-checking website PolitiFact regularly looks into statements made by candidates. Here's what they found from Monday night:

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Clinton statement: "The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump's tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

PolitiFact ruling: Mostly False. What about the three years when he did?

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Trump statement: Says Hillary Clinton's energy agenda "will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion"

PolitiFact ruling: False. Figure is cherrypicked, refers to 30 years period.

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Clinton statement: Says Donald Trump "started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans."

PolitiFact ruling: True. Feds said Trump turned away blacks.

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Trump statement: Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."

PolitiFact ruling: False. Despite repetition, still not true.

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