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Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a DEW, which stands for directed energy weapon, plane? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories the story is "false." The website that made the claim regularly publishes completely fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on March 10, 2024, titled "Special Forces Destroy DEW…

Did Hillary Clinton say in 2013 that she "would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office"? No, that's not true: In the extensive publicly accessible record of Clinton statements, Lead Stories found only that she said in 2013 that she would like to see business owners running for office. There is no evidence Clinton specifically said she…

Did U.S. Marines arrest U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and her husband, Robert Kagan? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that the information in this claim is "false." This claim also appears on a website that regularly publishes fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published by…

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 a "military commission" sentence Rear Adm. Michael Platt to death for committing treason and sedition? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that "the claim is false." This claim appeared in an article on a website that often publishes fabricated content. It appeared in an article (archived here), which was published by Real Raw News…

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…

Did U.S. Marines arrest Rear Adm. Michael Platt, Coast Guard officer and military adviser to the Department of Homeland Security, in February 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that publishes fabricated content. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security representative told Lead Stories this claim is "inaccurate." The claim appeared in an article published by Real…

Did "White Hats" foil a supposed plan to "assassinate President Trump"? No, that's not true: A representative for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID) told us this claim was false. Searching the locations mentioned in the article for press releases and an online news index search of keywords relating to this claim did not yield any significant results that…

Did United States Marines arrest two United States Customs and Border Protection Patrol agents for accepting bribes from immigrants for entry into the United States on February 19, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that publishes fabricated content. Also, the United States Marine Corps does not have jurisdiction to arrest customs and border patrol officials.…

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…