FACT CHECK: No, Mike Pence Was Not Arrest­ed By Spe­cial Forces

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FACT CHECK: No, Mike Pence Was Not Arrested By Special Forces

A post shared on social media pur­ports that for­mer Vice Pres­i­dent Mike Pence was arrest­ed and tak­en to Guan­tanamo Bay.

Ver­dict: False

The claim stems from a satire out­let.

Fact Check:

Act­ing Secret Ser­vice Direc­tor Ronald Rowe said that the over­sight on the build­ing used by for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s attempt­ed assas­sin in Penn­syl­va­nia was a “fail­ure,” as was com­mu­ni­ca­tion,  Fox News report­ed. In a hear­ing at the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, Rowe also said that changes have been made to the agency, accord­ing to the out­let.

A post on X, for­mer­ly known as Twit­ter, alleges that Pence was recent­ly arrest­ed. The post shared a pho­to of Pence behind a podi­um with his name on it.

The post reads, “MIKE PENCE WAS CAPTURED BY SPECIAL FORCES AND IS CURRENTLY IN GITMO… THE WHITE HATS CAPTURED MIKE PENCE ON NOVEMBER 29, 2024.”

The claim is inac­cu­rate. There is no cred­i­ble news report that Pence has been arrest­ed. The claim stems from a satir­i­cal news out­let called Real Raw News. The arti­cle offers no evi­dence for this claim. The site has post­ed sev­er­al fic­ti­tious sto­ries about Pence being at GITMO.

The about sec­tion of the site fea­tures a par­o­dy dis­claimer “This web­site con­tains humor, par­o­dy, and satire. (RELATED: No, Mike Pence Did Not Endorse The Har­ris-Walz Tick­et In The 2024 Elec­tion)

Pence has expressed approval of Trump’s stance on trade with Chi­na, but also warned they “must not become our ene­my,” Fox News report­ed. Dur­ing the elec­tion, Pence with­held endors­ing any can­di­date, accord­ing to AP News.

This is not the first time mis­in­for­ma­tion has cir­cu­lat­ed online. Check Your Fact recent­ly debunked claims tapes of for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma com­mit­ting “abhor­rent acts while high” were released.