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Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021

Did US Navy SEALs arrest Hillary Clinton under a secret order former President Donald Trump gave to the Navy?

Alexis Tereszcuk, Lead Stories
no

The claim appeared as an article published by Real Raw News on March 4, 2021.

Clinton tweeted in the days before and after that date from her public verified account. On March 8, 2021, Clinton did a live interview that aired on the Washington Post website.

The article claimed Clinton's arrest came after Trump had given a Navy admiral "a 'mammoth trove' of evidence …"

Former President Trump is no longer commander in chief of the military, and under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military does not have the authority to arrest anyone inside the United States.

A Navy spokesman called the article "fabricated and not factual."

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