{"id":2292516,"date":"2024-07-11T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-jag-arrest-matthew-colangelo-for-treason\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:44:22","slug":"fact-check-did-jag-arrest-matthew-colangelo-for-treason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-jag-arrest-matthew-colangelo-for-treason\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did JAG Arrest Matthew Colangelo 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\">18<\/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-did-jag-arrest-matthew-colangelo-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=2292516&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--><p>He website Real Raw News, known \u2063for publishing\u2063 false information and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">conspiracy theories<\/a>. \u200cThere is no evidence to support the claim that Matthew Colangelo was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">arrested<\/a>\u2064 for treason by the U.S. Navy JAG Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-christmas-day-explosion-in-nashville-deemed-intentional-by-police-videos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Christmas Day Explosion in Nashville Deemed \u2018Intentional\u2019 By Police (VIDEOS)\">investigators<\/a>. The headline shared on Facebook \u200cis misleading and should not be taken as true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>a headline shared on Facebook claiming \u200dthat Matthew Colangelo, \u200dsenior counsel \u200bto New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, was\u200c arrested\u2064 for treason by the U.S. Navy JAG Corps \u200binvestigators is false. The claim originated \u200dfrom a misleading\u200c article \u2062published on \u2064the website Real Raw News, which is known for spreading false\u200c information and conspiracy theories. There is no evidence to support this \u2063claim.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A screenshot of a headline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02DtbwkN3PFXqJASGZcCx7SvuM3162F9qDXhpSbJwku4my5YNC33HckLfEdqUn3xJbl&#038;id=100087176580830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General\u2019s (JAG) Corps investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">purportedly<\/a> arrested Matthew Colangelo, senior counsel to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, for treason.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim is false and stems from a July 7 article published on the satire site \u201cReal Raw News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Colangelo was appointed as senior counsel to Bragg in December 2022, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattanda.org\/district-attorney-bragg-announces-matthew-colangelo-as-new-senior-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> from the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office. Colangelo previously served as a senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice, the same release indicates.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image claims JAG investigators purportedly arrested Colangelo for treason. \u201cJAG Catches Another Alvin Bragg Staffer,\u201d the screenshot of the headline reads.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is false and stems from a <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2024\/07\/jag-catches-another-alvin-bragg-staffer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 7 article<\/a> published on the satire site \u201cReal Raw News.\u201d A \u201cDisclaimer\u201d included on the site\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>\u201d page indicates its content is not meant to be taken literally. \u201cInformation on this website is for informational and educational and entertainment purposes. This website contains humor, parody, and satire. We have included this Disclaimer for our protection, on the advice [of] legal counsel,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psychiatrist-says-she-does-not-regret-telling-yale-students-about-fantasy-of-killing-white-people-claims-her-words-were-taken-out-of-context\/\" title=\"Psychiatrist Says She Does Not Regret Telling Yale Students About Fantasy Of Killing White People, Claims Her Words Were Taken \u2018Out Of Context\u2019\">disclaimer reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the July 7 article, JAG investigators visited Colangelo\u2019s residence on July 2, but did not find him there. A magnetic calendar on the refrigerator indicated he was vacationing in St. Croix, where the investigators later arrested him and his wife for \u201ctreason, seditious conspiracy, and election interference,\u201d according to the same article. Colangelo and his wife are purportedly being held in pretrial detainment at Guantanamo Bay, the article further claims.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has contacted a Navy JAG spokesperson for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A headline shared on Facebook falsely claims that Matthew Colangelo, senior counsel to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, was arrested for treason by U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General\u2019s (JAG) Corps investigators. The claim originated from a satire article published on &#8220;Real Raw News&#8221; on July 7. Colangelo was appointed as senior counsel to Bragg in December 2022 and previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice. The satire site includes a Disclaimer stating that its content is not meant to be taken literally. The article claimed that Colangelo and his wife were arrested for treason, seditious conspiracy, and election interference in St. Croix and are being held at Guantanamo Bay. Check Your Fact has reached out to a Navy JAG spokesperson for comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2292517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2155348540-scaled-e1720616682711.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5175,13420,34637,34638,18241],"class_list":["post-2292516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrest","tag-fact-check","tag-jag","tag-matthew-colangelo","tag-treason"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2155348540-scaled-e1720616682711.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292516","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\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}