Donald Trump. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.) Claims are circulating online that former President Donald Trump has predicted his own arrest. These claims are true; Trump has indeed predicted via social media posts published on March 18 that he wo
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Poynter→ Q&A: Can Trump run for president if indicted in the Stormy Daniels case? What happens if he’s arrested?
Criminal charges against a former president would be historically unprecedented. We asked legal experts questions that might be atop Americans’ minds.
PolitiFact→ Q&A: Can Trump run for president if indicted in Stormy Daniels case? What happens if he's arrested?
Legal experts agreed that criminal charges would not prevent Donald Trump from running for president and likely wouldn't pose any logistical hurdles for his campaign.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci NOT ‘Set To Be Arrested’ For Lying To Congress — It’s A Followbait Scheme
Is Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and former chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, facing imminent arrest for lying to Congress? No, that's not true: The allegation
Truth or Fiction?→ Reporter Evan Lambert Arrested While Covering Ohio Train Derailment
On February 9 2023, a popular post to Reddit’s r/news was titled “Reporter arrested during news event on Ohio train derailment,” and a subsequent post to Imgur depicted the same headline: Reporter arrested during news event
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a video of Hillary Clinton getting arrested
Video shows Hillary Clinton being arrested.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Matrix’ Speech NOT The Reason Ex-Kickboxer Andrew Tate Was Arrested In Romania
Was former kickboxing champion and internet influencer Andrew Tate arrested by authorities in Romania because of a speech he gave about the "matrix" -- a rigged society system he claims is designed to benefit only the rich? No, that's not
Logically→ Andrew Tate was arrested but only questioned as a witness.
A months-old interview of Andrew Tate with Tucker Carlson from August 2022, predating his arrest, is being shared to claim that he has been released.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Fauci NOT Arrested After Elon Musk Document Dump — It’s From Satire Site
Did police in Washington, D.C., arrest top virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci after Twitter CEO Elon Musk released information that Fauci lied about COVID-19 research and imposed unnecessary restrictions on Americans? No, that's not true: The c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Ex-FDA ‘Commisioner’ Stephen Hahn Was Arrested By Military
Did the military arrest former FDA "Commisioner" Stephen Hahn? No, there's no evidence to substantiate that: The claim was reported on a website that is well-known for making up stories about public figures. The site posts a disclaimer wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Was NOT Arrested For Child Porn
Was former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal arrested for possessing child pornography? No, that's not true: The article is from a satirical website and is completely made up. It was originally published without a satire label but has been update
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022
Was Jeff Zients, a former White House coordinator for COVID-19 response under President Joe Biden, arrested by the military on December 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense told Lead Stories that the claim, which was p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi, ‘Other Deep Staters’ Were NOT Arrested By US Military At Biden Banquet On December 1, 2022
Were Nancy Pelosi and "other Deep Staters" arrested at a President Joe Biden banquet in a faux White House owned by filmmaker Tyler Perry? No, that's not true: No branch of the U.S. military is allowed to arrest civilians, per the Posse C
Logically→ Three Ukrainian football fans were arrested for Nazi graffiti at the World Cup stadium in Qatar.
Several independent analysts and news outlets, including Al Jazeera itself, have confirmed that this video is fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show An Al Jazeera Report About ‘Nazi Ukrainians’ Being ‘Arrested In Qatar’
Does a viral video show Al Jazeera footage of "Nazi Ukrainians" "arrested in Qatar after they drew swastikas on football posters"? No, that's not true: The network denied that it had anything to do with the clip using its logo. More impor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Virginia Man Arrested For Minecraft Military Bases — It’s A Digitally Altered Meme
Does an image widely circulated on social media accurately depict an Anchorage Daily News article about a Virginia man who was arrested for having created "exact replicas of classified US military bases" in the Minecraft video game? No, t
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pelosi wasn’t arrested by US Marshals in 2021
A fake Nancy Pelosi said she won’t seek the speaker position again because the real Pelosi was arrested in 2021.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t a real CNN headline about a Florida man arrested for powering his home with a nuke
“Florida man arrested for using a lost U.S. nuke to power his home for more than 27 years.”
Logically→ United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been arrested.
Nancy Pelosi has not been arrested. Video clips of Pelosi with her security detail are being shared with unsubstantiated claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi Being Arrested By US Marshals — She’s Leaving Her House With Security Detail
Does this video show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi being detained or arrested by U.S. marshals? No, that's not true: This is video of Pelosi leaving her home in San Francisco and getting into a GM Suburban SUV with a small security detail on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Child Trafficking Alert’ NOT Recent & NOT In US — Man Arrested In South Africa In 2019 For Attempted Kidnapping
Does a photo show a man beaten up for "child trafficking" in 2022? No, that is misleading: The image is of a man who was arrested in South Africa in 2019 under suspicion of attempted kidnapping. There was no evidence that his plan was to
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: Do ‘MAGA Republicans want women arrested for abortion'? A few do, but not all
An ad depicting police handcuffing a woman inside her home claims that “MAGA Republicans” want women arrested for having abortions. GOP lawmakers in some states have proposed bills that would criminally punish women for having abortions.
Snopes→ Was the Star of a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Gay Porn Series Arrested for Beating Up Nazis?
The less said about this rumor the better.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Pornstar Brandon Cummings … Arrested After Beating Up 35 Neo-Nazi’s’
On October 24 2022, an Imgur account shared what looked like a screenshot of an attention-grabbing, somewhat grammatically incorrect headline (“Pornstar Brandon Cummings, From The Famous ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Series Of Male On Male Po
Logically→ Image shows AAP leader Gopal Italia behind bars after Delhi Police arrested him for abusing Modi.
The image is an old photo of the leader's arrest that happened in Surat in May. The photo is unrelated to Italia's recent detention by Delhi Police.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence P-8 Poseidon Crew Arrested in Connection with Nord Stream Explosion
Was the crew of a P-8 Poseidon aircraft arrested in connection with the Nord Stream pipeline explosion? No, that's not true: There is no evidence from reliable media outlets that this has occurred. Real Raw News, the website that originat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Elijah Wood Was NOT Arrested for Child Sex Crimes
Was actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, arrested for child sex crimes? No, that's not true: Contrary to the claim that Wood was arrested by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, the Posse
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump documents case, wasn’t arrested
Aileen Cannon has been arrested.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Has Xi Jinping Been Arrested?
Xi Jinping. (Photo by Rao Aimin/Xinhua/Getty Images.)Following an absence from public view since mid-September, rumors began spreading on social media that Chinese President Xi Jinping had been arrested. Xi’s alleged disappearance combined with a
Logically→ Ukrainian nationals were arrested for selling Stinger missiles in Bremen, Germany.
Bremen Police have denied the claim saying they haven't made any such arrests. The video in question is manipulated.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Obama and Clinton weren’t arrested by the military
“Obama & Clinton are being arrested by the military.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Brian Stelter Was NOT Arrested By U.S. Military
Did the U.S. military arrest Brian Stelter, a former CNN host, on August 27, 2022? No, that's not true: "This story is completely false," a duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories. The Posse Comitatus Act forbids the U.S. military
Snopes→ Detroit Police: Suspect Arrested in Fatal ‘Random’ Shootings
A person waiting for the bus and another walking their dog were among four people shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to fire randomly over about 2 1/2 hours in Detroit.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Chief Justice John Robert’ Was Arrested As Of August 23, 2022
Was "Chief Justice John Robert" arrested as of August 23, 2022? No, that's not true: The caption in this post is clickbait. There is no publicly available evidence to substantiate the claim, the accompanying video does not mention such an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Paul Pelosi Was NOT Arrested By ‘US Army Special Forces’
Did "U.S. Army Special Forces" arrest Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on August 6, 2022? No, that's not true: "There is no truth to this claim," a duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories. The U.S. military i
Snopes→ UK Authorities Charge Man Arrested at Castle with Crossbow
A man has been charged under the Treason Act after allegedly being caught with a crossbow on the palace grounds.
Logically→ The CEO of Tim Horton’s was arrested for possessing child pornography.
Tim Hortons CEO's alleged detention for possessing child pornography stemmed from a satirical website, and there is no basis for this claim.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO’s Tedros Was NOT Arrested For ‘Crimes Against Humanity And Genocide’
Was Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, arrested by Interpol on July 24, 2022, for crimes against humanity? No, that's not true: The website of the International Criminal Police Organization does not cor
Snopes→ No, WHO Director-General Tedros Was Not Arrested
The rumor came from the Vancouver Times, a website that calls itself "the most trusted source for satire on the West Coast."
FactCheck.org→ Ocasio-Cortez Was Arrested at Abortion-Rights Protest, Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was one of 17 members of Congress arrested at an abortion-rights protest on July 19. But social media posts falsely claim she was “pretending to be arrested.” Capitol Police records show the arrests