VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to file charges, expel Escudero from Senate
Two YouTube videos claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had filed charges against Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero and ordered that the senator be removed from his post. Both claims are false. Marcos said the government had lodged cases against rice smugglers, not Escudero. Marcos also has no power to remove an incumbent senator. First uploaded […]