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Fox 2 Detroit anchor Roop Raj stumped former President Donald Trump by asking him to explain where he got a crime stat that Trump volunteered at the end of their interview.

At his rallies, Trump has been attacking immigration policies by making the outlandish claim that “Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they’re taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”

But when he tried it with Raj during their exclusive interview, it didn’t go so well. Raj previewed the interview on Wednesday’s edition of The Nine and shared the moment the anchor tripped Trump up by asking the natural follow-up question where did you get those numbers?

In rapid succession, Trump answered “I guess” he got them from “the papers,” then “a federal statement,” then “actually from Venezuela”:

DONALD TRUMP: One stat before we go. Venezuela was very crime-ridden. They announced the other day 72% reduction in crime …

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