Fact check: Conspiracy theory falsely says Biden arrested in plot to make Trump president

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07/27/21

Daniel Funke, USA TODAY



The claim: Joe Biden was arrested and the military met in secret to make Donald Trump president

Eight months after the 2020 election, conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden's victory continue to swirl on social media.

A July 26 Facebook Live video with more than 59,000 views says Biden's days in the White House are numbered.

"MILITARY CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOR MAKING TRUMP AS A PRESIDENT | BIDEN ARRESTED," reads the title and caption of the video, which was published by a page called Breaking New 247.

Those claims echo the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, which says former President Donald Trump and the U.S. military are secretly fighting a cabal of satanic, cannibalistic child sex traffickers. According to QAnon supporters, Biden and other top Democrats will be arrested for their crimes on a day of reckoning called "the storm."

Despite what you may have seen on Facebook, the storm is not upon us.

Fact check: False claim persists online that Trump will be reinstated as president in August

Biden has not been arrested – he's made public appearances since the Facebook video was published. There's no constitutional way for Trump to become president before Biden's term is over. And there's no evidence that the military is working to depose Biden. USA TODAY previously rated false the claim that Trump will be reinstated as president in August.

USA TODAY reached out to Breaking New 247 for comment.

Link:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...nt/5386986001/