Fact Check: Did Trump claim he decides 'how justice is delivered' as the 'king'?
WASHINGTON, DC: A post circulating online claims that President Donald Trump referred to himself as the ‘king’ on the social media platform Truth Social.
The post also criticizes a judge’s decision to dismiss cases brought by prosecutors allegedly appointed illegally by Trump. The claim has spread widely across social media, prompting significant speculation. Let us fact-check it.
Claim: Trump called himself a 'king'
The screenshot of the post, which appears to be from Trump’s official Truth Social handle, was first shared on Facebook on November 25 by a user named Chrissy Trudelle.
The post read, “The Fake News is going wild because SOME JUDGE says my prosecutor wasn't 'properly appointed. Total nonsense. When it comes to people like Tish James and James Comey my VASSALS, quite frankly, I can use ANY prosecutorial vessel I choose.
That's how it works when you're in charge. They can scream 'illegal' or 'outside the law,' but the KING (that's me!) decides how justice is delivered. The King's Law, the King's Sword, VERY POWERFUL, hang over ALL who betrayed America. Woke media can cry about it, doesn't matter. The throne is secure!”
The claim has also circulated on Threads and Instagram.
Fact Check: False, no evidence to back the viral claim
According to a Snopes fact-check, no such post was found on Trump’s official Truth Social handle or on Truth, an archiving site that saves posts from the president's Truth Social feed. According to the site, Trump’s Truth archive updates “every few minutes.”
Snopes also reached out to the White House press office to ask whether Trump had posted and deleted the message in question. A spokesperson responded that the post was “Not real.”
The fake post also incorrectly replicated elements of Trump’s Truth Social profile by using his profile picture from X, which differs from the one he uses on Truth Social, and by omitting the president’s Truth Plus subscription badge that appears next to his name on Truth Social.
Court rules Trump lacked authority to appoint Lindsay Halligan
On November 24, District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed criminal cases brought by Lindsay Halligan, Trump’s appointed de facto interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Currie ruled that the cases Halligan brought against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey should be dismissed because the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to appoint Halligan to that position.
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