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Fact Check: Barron And Melania Trump And Other Celebrities Did NOT Quietly Spend $10 Million To Build Churches Without Ceremony -- Heart-String-Tugging Fictions Are Traffic Bait

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Did Barron and Melania Trump, Prince Harry Mountbatten-Windsor, Eminem and Vince Gill each "quietly spend $10 million" to build churches without seeking publicity? No, that's not true: The fake images and nearly-verbatim fake stories appear on Facebook pages that send users to made-for-advertising sites. The church-building stories, featuring more than a dozen different celebrities, are the Christmas 2025 entrant in…
Dec 15, 2025

by: Dean Miller
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Fact Check: Daughter Of Judge Merchan Did NOT 'Show Trump Behind Bars' On Social Media

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Did the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York in spring 2024, "show Trump behind bars" on social media? No, that's not true: The account that showed the image does not belong to Loren Merchan. It was created in 2023 after she made her X, formerly known as Twitter,…
May 30, 2024

by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Old Handle
Fact Check: Topless Photo Does NOT Show New York AG Letitia James -- The Illegally Obtained Photo Shows Victim Of Federal Cybercrime

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Does a topless photo show New York Attorney General Letitia James? No, that's not true: This photo does not show James, but Stacey Plaskett, the U.S. delegate to Congress from the Virgin Islands, who was a victim of cybercrime. Two disgruntled ex-staffers pleaded guilty to federal cyber-related charges and were sentenced in 2018 for hacking her phone and disclosing private…
Nov 9, 2023

by: Sarah Thompson
Isn't James
Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest New York State Attorney General Letitia James -- It's Satire

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Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps place New York State Attorney General Letitia James under arrest for committing "treason and other high crimes and misdemeanors"? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. The website where this claim was made also has a disclaimer that states it publishes satirical content.…
Nov 3, 2023

by: Kaiyah Clarke
Pentagon: Nope
Fact Check: Attorney General Letitia James Did NOT Lose 80% Of Case Against Trump

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Did New York state Attorney General Letitia James lose 80 percent of the civil fraud case against Donald Trump, as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The judge in the case did not dismiss any portion of the charges filed by James in New York against the former president, a legal expert told Lead Stories. Trump's legal…
Oct 5, 2023

by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Not Dismissed
Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Chairman Of The UN Program That Won The Nobel Peace Prize, And The Trump Kids Are NOT Banned From Operating A Charity

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Was Hunter Biden chairman of the World Food Program, which just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and were Eric Trump, Donald J. Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with cancer? No, neither of these claims are true. Hunter Biden was a member and chairman of the board for…
Oct 21, 2020

by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Both Wrong

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Fact Check: Barron And Melania Trump And Other Celebrities Did NOT Quietly Spend $10 Million To Build Churches Without Ceremony -- Heart-String-Tugging Fictions Are Traffic Bait

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Fact Check: Daughter Of Judge Merchan Did NOT 'Show Trump Behind Bars' On Social Media

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Fact Check: Topless Photo Does NOT Show New York AG Letitia James -- The Illegally Obtained Photo Shows Victim Of Federal Cybercrime

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Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest New York State Attorney General Letitia James -- It's Satire

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Fact Check: Attorney General Letitia James Did NOT Lose 80% Of Case Against Trump

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Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Chairman Of The UN Program That Won The Nobel Peace Prize, And The Trump Kids Are NOT Banned From Operating A Charity

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