“The viral video shows Richard Graves, CEO of Westland Company, being arrested for the wildfire in Los Angeles, California”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Jan 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video actually shows the arrest of Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, on 13 April 2023, in Massachusetts for leaking classified documents related to U.S. national security. There is no evidence of anyone named Richard Graves being arrested in connection with the wildfire
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 January 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 January 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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