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Snope Debunker - Was a pastor arrested in Georgia election case? Does viral video show students at "Asian influencer school"? Did Trump release a jail rap song?

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Aug. 30, 2023

Today: Was a pastor arrested in Georgia election case? Does viral video show students at "Asian influencer school"? Did Trump release a jail rap song?

Was Pastor Among 18 Trump Co-Defendants Arrested in Georgia Election Case?

A deluge of mugshots taken from a Fulton County, Georgia, jail went viral in mid-August 2023 after former U.S President Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators surrendered to authorities on charges related to trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.


Some social media posts highlighted one mugshot in particular — that of pro-Trump, Lutheran pastor Stephan Cliffgard Lee — as evidence of Democratic party politicization gone awry. "How the hell do you lock [a] priest up," an account using the wrong religious title posted on X.


Alex Kasprak reports.

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