Did Donald Trump mistakenly read "state your name" instead of using his own name while swearing in newly enlisted U.S. troops during the half-time of a Washington Commanders - Detroit Lions game? No, that's not true: Prompting "state your name" is how the officiating officer does it, reminding oath takers to say their name aloud as they repeat the oath…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps execute World Health Organization official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu? 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 an article published by Real Raw News on February 10,…
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