Lead Stories
Prebunk US icon US UK icon UK EU icon Europe & EU Democrats icon Blue Feed Republicans icon Red Feed Deepfakes icon Deep fakes Breaking icon Breaking News

&Quot;George Soros&Quot;

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

    Fact Check

    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: There were no news articles about such an event and the link provided in a Facebook post with the Adam…

    • 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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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'

    Fact Check

    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

    Fact Check

    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
1 2 3 4 5

About Us

EFCSN International Fact-Checking Organization

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:

  • Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles
  • Verified EFCSN member
  • Founding sponsor of Indicator's Show & Tell Podcast

Follow us on social media

Subscribe to our newsletter

* indicates required

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.

Google Preferred Source

Get more fact-checks in your Google Search results by setting up leadstories.com as one of your preferred sources.

Most Read

  • Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Erling Haaland Eating And Scaring Himself -- Is A Face Swap Of A Chinese Slapstick Comedy Video Altered Video

    Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Erling Haaland Eating And Scaring Himself -- Is A Face Swap Of A Chinese Slapstick Comedy Video

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk's Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Do Not Show He 'Rejected Epstein's Invitation To His Island' Not Debunked

    Fact Check: Elon Musk's Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Do Not Show He 'Rejected Epstein's Invitation To His Island'

    Fact Check

    • Feb 2, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
  • Fact Check: REAL Photo On Stage At Freedom 250 Concert Shows Only A Handful Of People Reflected In Mirror Sunglasses Real Image

    Fact Check: REAL Photo On Stage At Freedom 250 Concert Shows Only A Handful Of People Reflected In Mirror Sunglasses

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: Oprah Did NOT Try To Buy Sen. John Fetterman's Vote For $20 Million On 'Big Beautiful Bill' Satire

    Fact Check: Oprah Did NOT Try To Buy Sen. John Fetterman's Vote For $20 Million On 'Big Beautiful Bill'

    Fact Check

    • Apr 1, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show An Authentic 1985 Memo From IRS Chief Stating That All Taxes Since 1913 Should Be Refunded Old Rumor

    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show An Authentic 1985 Memo From IRS Chief Stating That All Taxes Since 1913 Should Be Refunded

    Fact Check

    • Feb 13, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Provo Police Finding Murder Weapon And Arresting Possible Charlie Kirk Shooter -- It's An Air Rifle An Air Rifle

    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Provo Police Finding Murder Weapon And Arresting Possible Charlie Kirk Shooter -- It's An Air Rifle

    Fact Check

    • Sep 10, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
  • Fact Check: Video Of 'Laser Beams' Falsely Linked To Venezuela Earthquakes Was Published On TikTok Months Before The Quake Older Video

    Fact Check: Video Of 'Laser Beams' Falsely Linked To Venezuela Earthquakes Was Published On TikTok Months Before The Quake

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson

Most Recent

  • Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy Prebunk

    Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy

    Fact Check

    • Jun 30, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Pregnant Woman Attacked On Subway In NYC AI Video

    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Pregnant Woman Attacked On Subway In NYC

    Fact Check

    • Jun 30, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: DECEPTIVELY Reversed Video Appears To Show 'Japan Fans Destroy Stadium After Defeat By Brazil' -- They Were Really Cleaning Up Reversed Video

    Fact Check: DECEPTIVELY Reversed Video Appears To Show 'Japan Fans Destroy Stadium After Defeat By Brazil' -- They Were Really Cleaning Up

    Fact Check

    • Jun 30, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
  • Fact Check: Trump Posted AI-Generated Photo Of Golden Eagle 'Gifted' To White House For 250th Birthday AI Eagle

    Fact Check: Trump Posted AI-Generated Photo Of Golden Eagle 'Gifted' To White House For 250th Birthday

    Fact Check

    • Jun 30, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: REAL Photo On Stage At Freedom 250 Concert Shows Only A Handful Of People Reflected In Mirror Sunglasses Real Image

    Fact Check: REAL Photo On Stage At Freedom 250 Concert Shows Only A Handful Of People Reflected In Mirror Sunglasses

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
  • Fact Check: FAKE Images Show FIFA President Gianni Infantino Attending Two Simultaneous Matches In Different Cities Different Days

    Fact Check: FAKE Images Show FIFA President Gianni Infantino Attending Two Simultaneous Matches In Different Cities

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Fan Running Onto Field To Hug Messi At The World Cup -- It's AI Made-Up Messi

    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Fan Running Onto Field To Hug Messi At The World Cup -- It's AI

    Fact Check

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk

Share your opinion

Share Tweet
Home About IFCN Code of Principles How we work Satire Policy Privacy Policy Corrections Policy Corrections Archive Contact
Български English Espanol Magyar Română Русский Slovensky Українська

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:

  • Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles
  • Verified EFCSN member
  • Founding sponsor of Indicator's Show & Tell Podcast
IFCN logo EFCSN logo
© 2015-2024 Lead Stories LLC - All rights reserved.

Lead Stories

  • Home
  • Prebunk
  • Fact Check
  • US icon US
  • UK icon UK
  • EU icon Europe & EU
  • Ireland icon Ireland
  • Canada icon Canada
  • War icon War 🇷🇺 & 🇺🇦
  • Coronavirus icon Corona Virus
  • Democrats icon Blue Feed
  • Republicans icon Red Feed
  • Deepfakes icon Deep fakes
  • Breaking icon Breaking News
  • Elections icon Elections 2024
  • Business
  • Current Events
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • International
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Society
  • Technology
  • Corrections
  • Analysis
  • Explainer
  • Satire