An Oct. 27 article from Real Raw News claims that Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is being held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
“Disgraced former Arizona Secretary of State and gubernatorial election thief Katie Hobbs has been at Guantanamo Bay since September 28 and, charged with treason, will face a military tribunal in mid-November,” the article reads.
It was shared to Facebook more than 100 times according to CrowdTangle, a social media analytics tool.
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Hobbs is not imprisoned and awaiting trial at Gitmo, the nickname for America's Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. She has been seen in public and has been actively working. The article was published by Real Raw News, which routinely publishes false claims about the arrests of high-profile figures.
The fabricated claim builds on Hobbs' Sept. 27 visit to Washington, D.C., to meet with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about border issues. As part of standard protocol, Hobbs ceded her powers to Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee to govern the state for a day until her return on Sept. 28.
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