Did President Donald Trump warn Jimmy Kimmel and others in a social media post that "I had James Comey arrested"? No, that's not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports that it ever did. While the president has not explicitly threatened to arrest Jimmy Kimmel, he has repeatedly demanded Kimmel's firing and threatened legal action against ABC, labeling Kimmel's jokes as "despicable" and "corrosive."
The claim appeared in an image and post (archived here) by the @glenn_tunes account on X on April 30, 2026. It read:
DEMENTED ASSHOLE 🙄🤡
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @glenn_tunes on X.)
The text included in the fake screenshot read:
I had James Comey arrested. That's the kind of power you have when you're President. Remember that, Jimmy Kimmel, and anyone else who thinks it's funny to take shots at me. Not so funny anymore, right? I've got Todd Blanche working very closely with me, very closely, and he gets things done. Always with a straight face too, which is incredible when you think about it. So consider this your warning. And Iran, same thing. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Open up the Strait, or the gloves come off. Big time. You've all been warned. Have a great day.
Lead Stories manually reviewed Trump's Truth Social account for recent posts containing the phrase "I had James Comey arrested." The team also searched Trump's Truth -- a website that archives Trump's Truth Social posts -- for the same phrase from April 24 to May 1, 2026. No date appears on the fake post. No matching posts were found (archived here).
Lead Stories searched Google News (archived here) and Yahoo! News (archived here) and did not find any matching reports for "I had James Comey arrested." Had the president actually made such a post, major news outlets would have widely reported it.
Trump has repeatedly called for Kimmel to be fired by ABC (archived here) and its parent, The Walt Disney Company, describing the comedian's remarks (archived here) as "despicable," "corrosive," and beyond acceptable limits. He has also criticized broadcasters more broadly and suggested regulatory or legal consequences for networks airing content he deems unfair or harmful. Trump has not explicitly threatened to arrest Kimmel, despite his attacks and calls for his firing.
