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Feb 25, 2019 · A picture on Facebook claims Fred Trump was arrested for "participating" a KKK riot. Yes, Trump's father was arrested in connection with the KKK's appearance at a Memorial Day parade.
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Apr 4, 2023 · Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was arrested twice: in 1927 during a Ku Klux Klan riot, and in 1976 over code violations at a building he owned in Maryland.
- What Happened in 1927?
- Details on The Incident
- Trump Denies The Arrest
- Our Rating: Partly False
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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...
Feb 28, 2016 · A 1927 New York Times article about KKK arrests mentions Donald Trump's father Fred, but the blurb was vague and inconclusive.
Apr 5, 2023 · Former President Donald Trump denied his father was arrested in 1927 after a Ku Klux Klan riot, and said he had no idea about Fred Trump's 1976 arrest.
- Matthew Loh
According to the Daily Star (via The Washington Post), Fred was arrested for refusing to leave the parade after he was told to. But unlike the six others who had to appear in court, he was...
Aug 14, 2017 · Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in New York on Memorial Day 1927. On that day, approximately 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through Queens in opposition to Roman Catholic police.
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