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Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

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Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner hours after disappointing July jobs report

Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following a disappointing jobs report.

Donald Trump Freaks Out Over Job Numbers, Orders Firing: Live Updates

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the agency’s latest jobs ...

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White House Defends Firing of U.S. Jobs Data Chief Amid Economic Uncertainty

The White House is defending President Donald Trump's surprise firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer, ...

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Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’

Kevin Hassett pointed to the scale of hiring data revisions when asked for evidence to support Trump’s claims that a jobs report was rigged to make him look bad.

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