The Washington Post rated the claim ““After he [Mandela] got free and became president, he came to Washington and came to my office. He threw his arms around me and said, ‘I want to say thank you.’ I said, ‘What are you thanking me for, Mr. President?’ He said: ‘You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.’”” Four Pinocchios.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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