“U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook video. Claim dated 26 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Ordinary civilians aren't subject to U.S. courts-martial. But civilians working for military branches in the field during wartime can be tried under military law. Congress has not made any changes to the law since 2007.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 December 2023, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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