“The revisions are hard evidence,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” citing what he claimed were “patterns” in the changes that have been made to jobs data in recent years.

President Trump treats the figures as legitimate when they are favorable to him and fraudulent when they are less than stellar or seem to benefit his opponent.

President Donald Trump fired the chief labor statistician after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.