PolitiFact - No, dozens of military tribunals aren’t underway

In the wake of the Jan. 6 riot, we fact-checked a claim that military tribunals started at the Capitol on the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated. That’s wrong, and a similar claim that’s now being shared on social media about dozens of ongoing military tribunals also lacks evidence.

In an audio recording that plays over more than 13 minutes, the claims range from the possibility that 18 American governors have been arrested or executed to testimony from a Chinese Communist Party defector at "over 40 tribunals." There are multiple references to a "cabal" and other language used in the QAnon conspiracy theory.

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