“Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”
Marco Rubio
U.S. Senator. Claim dated 27 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Prosecutions of former leaders have not been confined to developing countries. The former heads of state who have been charged or convicted have generally been accused of corruption.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Marco Rubio (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 27 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 January 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Marco Rubio has 16 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.