By Reuters Staff
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A video of former U.S. president Barack Obama in a jail cell is being circulated on social media as alleged proof that Obama has been arrested ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021. This claim is false: the footage shows Obama visiting the former jail cell of South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in 2013 and Obama has not been arrested.
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The claim appears at the beginning of the conservative “America Divided Podcast” (here), where the host, Gage Nelson, says “some video has surfaced of former President Barack Obama in a jail cell and many are asking the question has Barack Obama been arrested, before showing the footage of Obama looking round a jail cell.
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The day before President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated, President Donald Trump issued a message of farewell to the nation. This week we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous, President Trump said, on his recorded video on the White House YouTube page.
President Trump thanked his family, the family of Vice President Mike Pence and his cabinet and staff members at the White House, as well as the U.S. Secret Service. He also issued a statement of gratitude to the American people, for the chance to serve in office.
Dorsey (main) spoke out in series of Tweets musing about the permanent ban Twitter handed down last week after Trump s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC on January 6.
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ITV News Correspondent Robert Moore and his team were the only news crew in the world to accompany the mob as it stormed the US Capitol on January 6.
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We are watching a broken man in the final days of a shattered presidency. Donald Trump is humiliated and faces ignominy. It is difficult to capture the scale of the tragedy of his leadership.
He is holed up in the White House, banned from communicating on multiple social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram have all banished him.