{"id":1161672,"date":"2021-12-27T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161672"},"modified":"2021-12-27T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:49:17","slug":"fact-check-no-george-w-bush-was-not-sentenced-to-death-for-treason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-george-w-bush-was-not-sentenced-to-death-for-treason\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, George W. Bush Was Not Sentenced To Death For Treason"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-george-w-bush-was-not-sentenced-to-death-for-treason%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161672&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rhon114\/posts\/10225270574665103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> claims the military sentenced former President George W. Bush to death after convicting him of treason and murder as a conspirator in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence the U.S. military convicted or charged Bush with any crime. The claim stems from a website that says it \u201ccontains humor, parody, and satire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, conspiracy theorists have alleged the U.S. government perpetrated or knowingly permitted the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-42195513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. Now, a Facebook post claims a military tribunal recently sentenced Bush to death for his purported role in the attacks. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2017\/09\/11\/fact-check-did-bush-support-china-joining-the-world-trade-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Bush Support China Joining The World Trade Organization?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge w Bush To be executed January 4, 2022 in gitmo for crimes against the American people for being involved in the 911 towers,\u201d reads the post. It goes on to claim that testimony given to a military tribunal alleged Bush told two people, former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/departmenthistory\/people\/baker-james-addison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Baker<\/a> and a man named \u201cRick Osborne,\u201d to avoid New York City and Washington D.C. the week of the attacks. The post claims the alleged death sentence was upheld by Navy Deputy Judge Advocate General (JAG) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Biographies\/BioDisplay\/Article\/2236356\/vice-admiral-darse-e-del-crandall-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darse Crandal<\/a>, who said witness statements and tapes from late Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/30\/us\/politics\/donald-rumsfeld-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Rumsfeld<\/a> had proved that Rumsfeld, Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney were \u201cthe architects of 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, there is no evidence any of this is true. Check Your Fact searched the Department of Defense\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/?Search=George+W.+Bush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> but found no mention of Bush being charged or convicted of any crime. Likewise, the Navy JAG Corps has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064955851150\/search\/?q=George%20W.%20Bush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=George%20W.%20Bush%20(from%3ANavy_JAG)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issued<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/jag.navylive.dodlive.mil\/News\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement<\/a> announcing such action against the former president. If Bush had been arrested or charged with any crime, it presumably would have been covered in the media, yet there are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=george+w.+bush+convicted&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&amp;ei=Bg3KYbqQKIe8tAakxCg&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi6q4vq1IT1AhUHHs0KHSQiCgAQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=george+w.+bush+convicted&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsAM6BQgAEJECOgsILhCABBDHARCvAToFCAAQgAQ6BQguEIAEOgYIABAWEB46CAgAEBYQChAeSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUDZYlRNgyRNoAXACeACAAasBiAHVCJIBAzAuOZgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about such a development.<\/p>\n<p>An internet search reveals the claims originate from a Dec. 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2021\/12\/military-convicts-george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> on the website Real Raw News, a site that sports a <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disclaimer<\/a> reading, \u201cThis website contains humor, parody, and satire.\u201d All but the first three lines of the Facebook post appear to have been copy and pasted from Real Raw News. Despite the Disclaimer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steven.guaschino\/posts\/10208790324831686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THELIGTISTHETRUTH\/posts\/238344755108877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media users<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/berta.retire.early\/posts\/4622062181243367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the article\u2019s story as if it were factual.<\/p>\n<p>The story shared on Facebook appears to be a continuation of the bogus claim that Bush was arrested by the military in November. This claim also stemmed from Real Raw News and was debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/17\/fact-check-military-not-arrest-george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Facebook post claims the military sentenced former President George W. Bush to death after convicting him of treason and murder as a conspirator in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}