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  • Fact Check: Various People Did NOT Introduce Bill To Block George Soros Funding Protests By Deeming It Organized Crime Under RICO Act

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    Did various celebrities, including Adam Sandler, Jeanine Pirro and Vince Gill unveil or introduce a "new bill" that would block George Soros from bankrolling protests by classifying such funding as "organized crime under the RICO Act"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and other names were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There…

    • Feb 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Various People Did NOT Introduce Bill To Block George Soros Funding Protests By Deeming It Organized Crime Under RICO Act Copy-Paste
  • Fact Check: Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA Did NOT File $400 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against George Soros, As Of October 16, 2025

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    Did Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, or Turning Point USA file a $400 million lawsuit against investor and philanthropist George Soros over an alleged defamation campaign "to silence conservative voices and manipulate public perception"? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a satirical page that said explicitly that nothing it publishes is real. As of October 16, 2025, no credible…

    • Oct 16, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA Did NOT File $400 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against George Soros, As Of October 16, 2025 Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson Did NOT Take $2.1 Million Italian Vacation Home as Bribe From George Soros

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    Did Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accept a $2.1 million bribe from George Soros, in the form of a vacation home in Italy? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on the Dunning-Kruger Times, a website that describes its own content as satirical. The article included fabricated quotes from "Joe Barron", a fake persona that features regularly as an…

    • May 23, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson Did NOT Take $2.1 Million Italian Vacation Home as Bribe From George Soros Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show President Trump Saying 'Lopping Off Someone's Ding-A-Ling' Makes A Eunuch, Not A Woman -- Faked

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    Does an authentic video show President Trump saying "Lopping off someone's ding-a-long doesn't make them a woman, it makes them a eunuch?" No, that's not true: A disclaimer saying the video is "a deepfake, quite obviously" appears in the last second of the clip. The video was posted on an X account that has previously shared videos that replaced Trump's…

    • May 12, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show President Trump Saying 'Lopping Off Someone's Ding-A-Ling' Makes A Eunuch, Not A Woman -- Faked Unreal
  • Fact Check: Video Of President Trump Talking About 'Very Unathletic, Very Gay' Antifa Is Not Real

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    Is a video of President Trump in the Oval Office saying Antifa is "very gay looking, very unathletic, very unlovable" authentic? No, that's not true: The video is an AI-altered version of Trump's May 5, 2025, appearance with NFL officials to announce that the 2027 NFL Draft will be held in Washington, D.C. The rant is not in the original…

    • May 6, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Of President Trump Talking About 'Very Unathletic, Very Gay' Antifa Is Not Real Unreal
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Man In SS Uniform Is NOT George Soros -- It's Oskar Gröning, A Corporal in Hitler's Waffen SS At Auschwitz

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    Does a viral post of a man in a Nazi SS uniform document the young life of financier George Soros? No, that's not true: It's not Soros. Further, the meme and other similar posts about Soros provide no documentary evidence for the extraordinary claim that Soros, who was 14 at the time of the Nazi occupation of his home country,…

    • May 5, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Photo Of Man In SS Uniform Is NOT George Soros -- It's Oskar Gröning, A Corporal in Hitler's Waffen SS At Auschwitz Isn't Soros
  • Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire

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    Did "leaked reports" say George Soros paid ABC moderators $1 million each to fact check Donald Trump during the September 10, 2024, presidential debate? No, that's not true: The story came from a website whose satire disclaimer reads: "These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up." No credible evidence of "leaked reports" or such payments…

    • Sep 16, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: ABC Debate Moderators Did NOT Get Million-Dollar Payments From Soros -- Self-Described Satire Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Fauci, Soros Did NOT Say They Would Leave US If Trump Wins 2024 Election

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    Did former chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and billionaire philanthropist George Soros say they would leave the United States if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election? No, that's not true: No credible media reports indicate that either man has made plans to vacate the country should the presumptive Republican nominee win. Additionally, neither Fauci nor Soros has…

    • May 28, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Fauci, Soros Did NOT Say They Would Leave US If Trump Wins 2024 Election No Such Plans
  • Fact Check: Alex Soros Did NOT Vow To 'Eradicate Conservatives From The Internet,' Did NOT Say 'I'm 100 Times Worse Than My Dad'

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    Did Alex Soros, son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist George Soros, say in an interview that he wanted to "eradicate conservatives from the Internet" and that he is "100 times worse" than his father? No, that's not true: In a Wall Street Journal article that featured an interview with the younger Soros, Alex Soros is never quoted as mentioning conservatives…

    • Jun 15, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Alex Soros Did NOT Vow To 'Eradicate Conservatives From The Internet,' Did NOT Say 'I'm 100 Times Worse Than My Dad' Fake Quotes
  • Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Picture Does NOT Show George Soros In The Background

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    Did Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis post a picture at an event showing George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist who is often the subject of conspiracy theories, in the background? No, that's not true: The original image, posted in a tweet by media personality John Cardillo, was altered to include a person resembling Soros. The claim appeared in…

    • May 30, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Picture Does NOT Show George Soros In The Background Altered Image
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