Trump Didn't Tweet That He'll Grant a Pardon for Bill Cosby

18th December 2020

Trump Didn't Tweet That He'll Grant a Pardon for Bill Cosby

The tweet appears to have been fabricated (Getty Images).

The Claim

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering offering a full pardon for comedian Bill Cosby, who was convicted of multiple counts of sexual abuse in 2018.

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Emerging story

On December 14, 2020, a tweet appearing to be from Donald Trump was posted. The tweet says that he is considering a “FULL PARDON for America’s Dad, the great Bill Cosby.”

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Users across social media continued to push this claim.

Misbar’s Analysis

The Misbar team has determined that the claim is false. Bill Cosby is currently serving a three-to-10-year prison sentence after being convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments regarding an appeal earlier this month.

Donald Trump’s Twitter account, both @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS, have no record of Trump tweeting this. Furthermore, an archive of Trump’s deleted tweets show no record of him ever deleting the tweet. The image showing a Trump tweet regarding the matter circulating on social media appears to be fabricated.