Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # No, Shinzo Abe Didn\'t Tweet This About Hillary Clinton Before His Death ## \"I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton,\" said a fake tweet attributed to Abe. ### Bethania Palma ### Published July 11, 2022 ![\\"Democratic](\\" Image courtesy of Getty Images Claim: Before his death on July 8, 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tweeted he had evidence that would \"lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.\" Rating: False About this rating ### Fact Check Shortly after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022, he became the target of a hackneyed conspiracy-theory meme. Advertisement: The meme comprises fake screenshots or posts supposedly authored by high- profile people who have recently died. The gist of the conspiracy theory is that those people supposedly had incriminating information on Hillary or Bill Clinton, and, because of that, they were killed as part of a Clinton cover-up scheme. In the days after Abe\'s death, this fake screenshot was shared on social media: ![\\"Fake](\\" clinton-fake-tweet.jpg\\"/) Advertisement: The text of the fake tweet read, \"I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.\" Several social media users questioned whether the post was real. Screenshots supposedly showing tweets written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer killed by a prop gun misfire shot by actor Alec Baldwin, made the same claim — verbatim — after their deaths.Also, the Twitter handle shown in the image above (@ShinzoAbe) was not the handle for Abe\'s official Twitter account (@AbeShinzo). Although the entire Clinton family is a favorite target of conspiracy theorists, Hillary Clinton became a prominent obsession among them when she launched a presidential campaign against Donald Trump in 2016, and after she lost that race. Abe was assassinated while delivering a speech in the Japanese city of Nara. He served as Japan\'s prime minister from 2012 to 2020. ### By Bethania Palma Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to government to national politics. She has written for ... read more ## Article Tags Shinzo Abe Hillary Clinton Clinton Body Bags Hillary Clinton Meme Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
Before his death on July 8 2022 former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tweeted he had evidence that would lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton