{"id":1446405,"date":"2022-04-19T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446405"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:30:43","slug":"fact-check-had-been-david-axelrod-arrested-by-the-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-had-been-david-axelrod-arrested-by-the-army\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Had been David Axelrod Arrested By The Army?"},"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\">20<\/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-had-been-david-axelrod-arrested-by-the-army%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=1446405&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 post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfeiferErnest\/posts\/pfbid0263isTfSBUwXMCCCFqbwaME9q94AmoRsRLTnE5TS97TqkMtBQcgSxX5anPPRGCqVzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims David Axelrod, a former top aide to former President Barack Obama, was arrested by the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that Axelrod has been arrested by U.S. forces. The rumor stems from a website that features \u201chumor, parody, and satire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post claims Axelrod, who currently serves as the director of the University of Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/politics.uchicago.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Politics<\/a> and is a senior political commentator for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/david-axelrod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>, was arrested April 15 by the U.S. military. It cites \u201ca confidential source\u201d in the Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as the source of the information and claims U.S. Marines captured Axelrod as he was leaving Chicago to visit a friend in Whiting, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>The report is incorrect. Neither the Navy JAG Corps nor the Defense Department has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/jag.navylive.dodlive.mil\/News\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/?Search=David+Axelrod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22David%20Axelrod%22%20(from%3ANavy_JAG%20OR%20from%3ADeptofDefense)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064688230749\/search\/?q=David%20Axelrod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064955851150\/search\/?q=David%20Axelrod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> that mentions Axelrod being arrested. The former presidential advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has tweeted<\/a> from his verified Twitter account many times since April 15 and none of his tweets allude to his alleged arrest. There are likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=David+Axelrod+arrested&#038;oq=David+Axelrod+arrested&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.8845j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> suggesting the military arrested Axelrod.<\/p>\n<p>The text featured in the Facebook post originated from an April 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2022\/04\/military-arrests-david-axelrod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> on the website Real Raw News. The website <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">includes<\/a> a Disclaimer stating, \u201cThis website contains humor, parody, and satire.\u201d<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/28\/fact-check-george-soros-arrest-warrant-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Russian Government Announce A Warrant For George Soros\u2019 Arrest?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/18\/fact-check-bill-clinton-murdered-poison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/22\/fact-check-susan-rice-convicted-treason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corrected<\/a> false rumors stemming from the website, including one that alleged former President Bill Clinton was murdered and another that claimed a military tribunal had convicted White House Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice of treason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims David Axelrod, a former top aide to former President Barack Obama, was arrested by the U.S. military.Verdict: False There is no evidence that Axelrod<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1446439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446405","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\/1446405","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=1446405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}