{"id":799253,"date":"2021-09-21T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=799253"},"modified":"2021-09-21T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:58:32","slug":"fact-check-no-delta-force-has-not-arrested-chelsea-clinton-and-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-delta-force-has-not-arrested-chelsea-clinton-and-her-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Delta Force Has Not Arrested Chelsea Clinton And Her Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-delta-force-has-not-arrested-chelsea-clinton-and-her-husband%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=799253&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>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/emily.inman.501\/posts\/10165734491905235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and husband Marc Mezvinsky have been arrested by the military.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7286849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7286849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Clinton and Mezvinsky have not been arrested by Delta Force. The claim stems from a website that states it contains \u201chumor, parody, and satire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post features a screen grab of a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SidneyP0well\/5680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegram post<\/a> that includes a link to an <a href=\"https:\/\/bestnewshere.com\/delta-force-arrests-chelsea-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> on the website Best News Here. The article, titled \u201cDelta Force Arrests Chelsea Clinton,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bestnewshere.com\/delta-force-arrests-chelsea-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleges<\/a> that Delta Force personnel apprehended Chelsea Clinton and Mezvinsky on the morning of Sept. 18 as they were traveling by car with three children who \u201cwere estimated to be between 8 and 12 years old, and spoke Haitian Creole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A supposed anonymous source said that \u201cJAG and the Office of Military Commissions have obtained evidence that Chelsea was following in her late mother\u2019s footsteps\u2014abducting Haitian children and selling them off to the highest bidders of a child trafficking ring that has existed for decades,\u201d the article <a href=\"https:\/\/bestnewshere.com\/delta-force-arrests-chelsea-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">goes on to claim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/09\/fact-check-navy-seals-arrest-hillary-clinton-treason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/29\/fact-check-hillary-clinton-not-hanged-guantanamo-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> false claims that Hillary Clinton was arrested by Navy SEALs on various charges and that she was executed at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Like those baseless allegations, the claim about Chelsea Clinton getting arrested by Delta Force members doesn\u2019t hold up under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>There are no press releases from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/news?keys=Clinton+Mezvinksy&amp;items_per_page=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/releases\/?Search=Clinton+Mezvinksy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defense Department<\/a> mentioning Chelsea Clinton and her husband being arrested, nor do any accuse the couple or Hillary Clinton of being involved in child trafficking. The arrest of a former First Daughter would almost certainly garner widespread coverage from the media, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/search\/?q=Clinton+Mezvinksy+trafficking+children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/search?searchtext=chelsea%20clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/#search-form:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlets<\/a> haven\u2019t reported such an incident.<\/p>\n<p>Further adding to the claim\u2019s dubiousness, Chelsea Clinton has been active on social media since Sept. 18, the date of her purported arrest. On Monday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaClinton\/status\/1439980591559159808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that she was \u201clooking forward\u201d to participating in a Sept. 30 webinar panel discussion about \u201cwhat works to keep school environments healthy and safe, during #covid19 and beyond,\u201d for instance.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Mezvinsky, has worked for the private equity firm TPG Capital since 2019, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tpg-hires-chelsea-clinton-s-husband-marc-mezvinsky-11572308452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Wb4p5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still lists<\/a> him on its website as a member of the firm as of press time. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/15\/fact-check-haitian-president-jovenel-moise-expose-clinton-foundation-before-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse Say He Would Expose The Clinton Foundation The Day Before His Assassination?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The text in the Best News Here story appears to originally come from a <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/2021\/09\/delta-force-arrests-chelsea-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sept. 19 article<\/a> published by Real Raw News, a website that <a href=\"https:\/\/realrawnews.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">features<\/a> a Disclaimer that it \u201ccontains humor, parody, and satire.\u201d Despite Real Raw News having that warning, some social media users have erroneously shared its claim about Chelsea Clinton online as if it was factual.<\/p>\n<p>The inaccurate rumors of Hillary Clinton\u2019s arrest and execution also stemmed from Real Raw News stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and husband Marc Mezvinsky have been arrested by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799253","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\/799253","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799253\/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=799253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}