On September 7, 2026, a car accident occurred at the memorial site, and the government claimed it could not remove debris due to the court's 48-hour notice order.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
None of the provided sources covers the September 7, 2026 car accident at the memorial site, the government's debris-removal claim, or Judge Chutkin's 48-hour notice order, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's wording, so the claim does not depart from the passage.
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What was said
… We can go back to the April consent order, but now your order, your 48 hour order, is causing us problems because there was an auto accident on September 7th, and a car went onto the memorial thing, and we couldn't remove debris because we didn't want to violate your order. The sword of Damocles was over our head because of your order, and, uhm, so you need to remove your 48 hour order, but we agree to go back to the consent anyway. That's where it stands at the moment. …
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Context. The sources are unrelated to the claim: they include a Full Fact search page, Reuters and Lead Stories fact-check roundups, Snopes tag pages, court calendars, a NHTSA crash record, and an unrelated federal complaint, none of which mention the memorial site, Judge Chutkin, or the 48-hour order.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Context. The only source that could bear on the claim is the claimant's own podcast passage, which is not evidence and cannot corroborate the accident or the government's stated reason for not removing debris.
Sources
8 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Searchfullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Reuters Fact Checkreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Politics: September 2026leadstories.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4/ Attacks Articles | Snopes.comsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 5U.S. District Courtord.uscourts.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6Court Calendarrib.uscourts.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 7Crash Viewercrashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 8September 7, 2026storage.courtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: context
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