Claim

Claim 790

President Reagan told the United Nations the correspondent had been made the subject of fabricated, trumped-up charges.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: President Reagan told the United Nations the correspondent had been made the subject of fabricated, trumped-up charges.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Reagan calls charges fabricated
About: incident 1986-ussr-daniloff-moscow-arrest
Source: Address to the 41st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York
Publisher: The American Presidency Project
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1986-09-22

Quotation from the source

an American correspondent in Moscow was made the subject of fabricated accusations and trumped-up charges.