“Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother Billy Carter who took over $200,000 from Libya as its foreign agent. George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for his role in the S&L scandals of the 1980s.”
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Threads. Claim dated 2 Dec 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
While Billy Carter and Neil Bush faced controversies, neither was criminally charged nor received a pardon.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 December 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 December 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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