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  • Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges'

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    Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the weak July 2025 job report published by the agency? No, that's not true: As of this writing, McEntarfer was fired by the Trump administration, but no credible source has published any reports about the purported arrest. The rumor came from a…

    • Aug 5, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges' Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Find Victoria Nuland Guilty 'By Default,' Or Sentence Her To Hang

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    Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps find recently retired U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland "guilty by default" and sentence her to hang? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. Lead Stories previously found the claim that U.S. Marines arrested Nuland and her husband to be false.…

    • Apr 11, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Find Victoria Nuland Guilty 'By Default,' Or Sentence Her To Hang No Record
  • Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Charge Merrick Garland With Treason, Did NOT Begin 'Military Tribunal Day I'

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    Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps begin the tribunal of Attorney General Merrick Garland on March 22, 2024, because he was purportedly charged with treason? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that the information in this claim is "false." This claim appears on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in…

    • Mar 28, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Charge Merrick Garland With Treason, Did NOT Begin 'Military Tribunal Day I' Pentagon: Nope
  • Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Convict 'D.C. District Attorney' Matthew Graves Of Treason In March 2024

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    Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps convict the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, of treason in March 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. Lead Stories previously debunked the claim, also mentioned in this article, that Graves was initially arrested for treason by…

    • Mar 27, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Convict 'D.C. District Attorney' Matthew Graves Of Treason In March 2024 Denied
  • Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Judge Sharon Coleman For Treason In March 2024

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    Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest Judge Sharon Coleman, a federal judge in Illinois, on March 19, 2024? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois told Lead Stories that "there is absolutely no truth" to this claim. The article that made this claim was published on a website…

    • Mar 22, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest Judge Sharon Coleman For Treason In March 2024 Denied
  • Fact Check: Navy Judge Advocate General Did NOT Hang Biden's Chief Science Officer Arati Prabhakar

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    Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps execute Arati Prabhakar by hanging on February 27, 2024, for committing treason? No, that's not true: Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has appeared at a public event following the purported execution date. Also, the website where this claim was made regularly publishes fabricated content. The…

    • Mar 7, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Navy Judge Advocate General Did NOT Hang Biden's Chief Science Officer Arati Prabhakar Fiction Site
  • Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Arrest 3rd Colorado Supreme Court Justice

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    Did the U.S. Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest a "third" Colorado Supreme Court justice who voted in favor of removing former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state for the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true: This claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. Lead Stories previously debunked claims about two…

    • Mar 1, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Arrest 3rd Colorado Supreme Court Justice No Record
  • Fact Check: Fiction Website's Latest Dark Fantasy Did NOT Spur American Red Cross Letter to U.S. Navy JAG

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    Did American Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Gail McGovern send a letter to the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps about a fiction website's fantasy stories about political tribunals and executions at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: The American Red Cross told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, this claim appeared in an article on Real Raw…

    • Feb 22, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Fiction Website's Latest Dark Fantasy Did NOT Spur American Red Cross Letter to U.S. Navy JAG Red Cross: Nope
  • Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict Oprah Winfrey, Did NOT Sentence Her To Death

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    Was former talk show host Oprah Winfrey convicted by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps and sentenced to death? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content, and as Lead Stories previously reported, there is no evidence that Winfrey was ever detained in Guantanamo Bay as the same website…

    • Feb 19, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict Oprah Winfrey, Did NOT Sentence Her To Death JAG Denied
  • Fact Check: US Navy JAG Was NOT Holding '345 FEMA Employees At Marine Corps Base Hawaii' In February 2024

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    Was the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Corps holding 345 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees at a U.S. Marine Corps Base in Hawaii as of February 2024? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The claim appeared in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in…

    • Feb 16, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: US Navy JAG Was NOT Holding '345 FEMA Employees At Marine Corps Base Hawaii' In February 2024 Pentagon: Nope
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