Did the military arrest Loretta Lynch? No, that's not true: The claim that the former U.S. attorney general was arrested by the Marines is a complete fabrication by a website known for its made-up stories. A spokesperson for the U.S. Marine Corps told Lead Stories the claim was "fake." The story appeared as an article published by Real Raw News…
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin behead 12 bioweapon engineers in Ukraine? No, there's no evidence that's true: The allegation was published by a website well known for publishing fake news stories. The supposed source for the claim was an unnamed person close to former President Donald Trump. A spokeswoman for Trump told Lead Stories that the article is false. The…
Is a meme correct that Chelsea Manning was "in jail" as of March 2022? No, that's not true: Manning was released from jail in 2020 and is free as of this writing. Manning's recent tweets from her verified Twitter account, as well as news reports about her, confirm that she is no longer incarcerated. The claim appeared in a Facebook…
Did U.S. Marines arrest "Dr. Fauci's NIH Assistant, Patricia L. Conrad" on March 17,2022, after obtaining a military arrest warrant signed by a "Deputy Judge Advocate General"? No, that's not true: The story is "false," a Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories. A spokesperson for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) also confirms that the information in the article is…
Was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Sotomayor has been arrested or sentenced to death as of March 15, 2022, as claimed in an online article. Also, the claim was made on a self-described satirical website that publishes articles for "entertainment purposes." The claim originated in…
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin bomb a villa in Ukraine that U.S. President Joe Biden owned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this happened or that Biden owns a villa in Ukraine. When searching for credible articles about the claim that Biden owned a villa in Ukraine, and that Putin had bombed it in Russia's invasion of…
Did Russian "spetznas" liberate child trafficking victims in Ukraine and did Russian President Vladimir Putin tell former President Donald Trump about this during a recent phone call? No, that's not true: "This is fake," Trump's spokesperson told Lead Stories. The claim was in an article on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says it publishes articles for "entertainment purposes." The…
Did the U.S. military defy President Joe Biden by refusing to deploy? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories, "There is no truth to this claim." Also, this claim was made on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says it publishes articles for "entertainment purposes." The claim appeared in an article published by Real…
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin destroy U.S.-run bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine? No, that's not true: There are no U.S.-run bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Threat Reduction Agency. An article that claimed "Western-sponsored bioweapons laboratories" exist in Ukraine was published on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says it publishes articles for "entertainment purposes."…
Did the New Mexico National Guard "terrorize" schoolchildren? No, that's not true: An official representative of the Estancia School District told Lead Stories, "this event never happened." A New Mexico National Guardsman tells Lead Stories this information is," false." Also, this claim was made on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says it publishes articles like this one for "entertainment…
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