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Sep 10, 2020 · A post shared on Facebook claims former President Richard Nixon pardoned the late Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain for treason and four other counts. Verdict: False McCain was never charged with treason, nor was he pardoned by Nixon or any other president.
Apr 4, 2019 · A falsehood resurrected on Facebook claims that the late Sen. John McCain received a pardon from President Richard Nixon. He did not. Full Story.
Jul 25, 2017 · False claims that Senator John McCain confessed to being a war criminal began circulating in 2008. They’re based on McCain’s admission that his Vietnamese captors forced him to confess to being a war criminal while he was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
Aug 4, 2008 · Did John McCain declare during a '60 Minutes' interview that he was a 'war criminal' who 'bombed innocent women and children,' and was he pardoned by Nixon?
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.
Sep 7, 2020 · Did former President Richard M. Nixon pardon the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, on multiple charges including treason? No, this is not true.
Feb 21, 2017 · McCain’s first-hand account is corroborated by Robert Timberg, author of John McCain: An American Odyssey. Timburg spoke to other POWs to write his biography of McCain.
