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Feb 28, 2016 · Was Donald Trump's Father Arrested at a KKK Rally? A 1927 New York Times article about KKK arrests mentioned Donald Trump's father Fred, but the reporting was vague and inconclusive.
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Feb 28, 2016 A 1927 New York Times article about KKK arrests...
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Feb 25, 2019 · The New York Times stated that "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen staged a free-for-all battle in Jamaica." Fred Trump, then 21, was arrested at the parade along with six others, according to...
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On Sept. 9, 2015 — three months after Trump announced his bid for president — the tech blog BoingBoing.netpublished a New York Times article from 1927 that reported that Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, had been detained at a KKK rally on Memorial Day weekend. According to the article, “1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neigh...
The information available in the New York Times article made it difficult to figure out whether Trump’s father was directly involved in the melee or was simply a bystander, falsely accused or otherwise the victim of mistaken identity during the chaotic event. There is no indication in the article that Trump’s father was a member or supporter of the...
Donald Trump quickly denounced claims that his father had been arrested. "He was never arrested. He has nothing to do with this. This never happened. This is nonsense and it never happened," Trump told the Daily Mail during an interview in September 2015. "This never happened. Never took place. He was never arrested, never convicted, never even cha...
We find this claim to be PARTLY FALSE based on our research. News reports from the day show a Fred Trump was detained at a KKK rally in 1927. But there is no evidence that Trump, father to the president, was a member or supporter of the KKK. Posts that discuss simply the detention — for which there are no existing arrest records — without context a...
Mar 10, 2016 · All the Evidence We Could Find About Fred Trump's Alleged Involvement with the KKK. Newspaper clips obtained by VICE suggest the Republican frontrunner's father may have worn the robe and...
Jun 12, 2020 · June 12, 20208:01 AM PDTUpdated 4 years ago. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt Purchase Licensing Rights. A photo circulating on Facebook shows Donald Trump posing with his parents, who...
