Tiktok Video Share on Facebook Claiming rapper R. Kelly reportedly was released from prison after receiving an amnesty from President Donald Trump.
Verdict: False
A White House spokesperson denied the validity of email claims to confirm your facts.
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R. Kelly said he wrote 25 albums while serving his current prison term. evil. Kelly issued a revelation while appearing on Prisoner Tea along with the A&P podcast, the outlet cited NME.
Tiktok video is R. It alleges that Kelly was reportedly released from prison after receiving a pardon from Trump. “R. Kelly has released Y’all,” reads the video caption. The post is linked to Tiktok videos. This is R. It appears to indicate that Kelly is heading down the sidewalk before answering questions from the reporter.
“Incarcerated singer R. Kelly was released from prison after being pardoned by US President Donald Trump,” the text overlaid on the video read.
The claim is false. According to ReutersManhattan’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals, recently. He supported Kelly’s sex trafficking and assault beliefs. The rapper has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of one count of assault and eight counts of violating the Mann Act. R. Kelly was convicted of a child sex crime in another case in 2022, the outlet reported.
Similarly, Trump has not mentioned the claim via him Personal or Government X Accounthis True Social Accountsor his verification Social media account. Claims will not be displayed in the White House either Website. Checking your facts also found no reliable news reports suggesting that the rapper was being done release From prison or I was pardoned By Trump, as a Facebook post suggests.
In addition, Lead Story On April 2, he exposed the claim, with federal Prison Bureau records showing that Kelly is still listed as a prisoner. Make sure your facts have been searched Federal Prison Bureau Database It turns out that Kelly is currently in jail at FCI Butner Medium I. We also reported that a Tiktok video shared via a Facebook post showed the rapper 2019not recently. (Related: Is Ford reverting four factories to the US as a result of Trump’s recent tariffs?)
Additionally, a White House spokesperson denied the validity of the email claim to confirm your facts.
“It’s clearly a fake,” the spokesman said of the claim.
