“Retired U.S. presidents and members of Congress collect full salaries “for life.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 3 Jan 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Former members of Congress do not receive full congressional salaries for life. After serving five years in Congress, former members become eligible to collect a pension. Former presidents are also entitled to pensions.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 January 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 January 2022, 1107 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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