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  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Iranian Missile With "In Memory Of The Victims Of Epstein Island" Written On It

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    Does a photo show an Iranian missile with "In memory of the victims of Epstein Island" written on it? No, that's not true: An online AI image detection tool found that the image shows signs of digital manipulation, with portions edited or generated using Google AI. A "clean" version of the image without any writing on it also dates back…

    • Mar 11, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Iranian Missile With "In Memory Of The Victims Of Epstein Island" Written On It AI-Edited
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Hillary Clinton Posing With Jeffrey Epstein And Ghislaine Maxwell -- It's Jimmy Buffett's Wife

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    Does a photo show Hillary Clinton posing with her husband, Bill Clinton, along with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell? No, that's not true: The woman in the picture is Jane Slagsvol, wife of the late musician Jimmy Buffett, not Hillary Clinton. The photo has been cropped; the original version shows Buffett standing next to Slagsvol. The claim appeared in a…

    • Feb 27, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Hillary Clinton Posing With Jeffrey Epstein And Ghislaine Maxwell -- It's Jimmy Buffett's Wife Another Blonde
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Pam Bondi At 14 With Donald Trump At An Epstein Party -- It's Old AI

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    Does an image show Attorney General Pam Bondi at age 14 with President Donald Trump at a Jeffrey Epstein party? No, that's not true: An AI-generated content detector concluded that it was 99.9% certain to have been made by an artificial intelligence tool. Lead Stories found obvious signs that it was a deepfake image in 2023 when we fact checked…

    • Feb 16, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Pam Bondi At 14 With Donald Trump At An Epstein Party -- It's Old AI Old AI Image
  • Fact Check: 2026 Pizza Amore St. Thomas Website NOT Same As When Mentioned In 2015 Epstein Files Email -- Internet Trolls Loaded Sam Hyde Meme On 2026 Version

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    Did the website pizzaamorestthomas.com that is mentioned in a 2015 email in the Epstein files look in February 2026 as it did in 2015 when the email was sent? No, that's not true: A prankster re-registered the expired domain name in 2026 after the Epstein files were released. The website currently features an AI or manipulated image of comedian Sam…

    • Feb 11, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: 2026 Pizza Amore St. Thomas Website NOT Same As When Mentioned In 2015 Epstein Files Email -- Internet Trolls Loaded Sam Hyde Meme On 2026 Version Troll Joke
  • Fact Check: DOJ's Released Epstein Files Do NOT Contain Document 'DOJ-2024-EF-7721' Discussing 'PROJECT MEDBIRTH' -- Nor Does Any Released Document Mention 'MedBeds' Or 'Medical Regeneration Technology'

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    Does the Department of Justice library of Epstein investigation documents include Document "DOJ-2024-EF-7721" or any documents discussing "Medical regeneration technology" or "MedBeds" or "PROJECT MEDBIRTH"? No, that's not true: The online library of released files from its investigations of the now-dead sex trafficker doesn't include that document ID number. Searching for those phrases without the file number yields zero matches.…

    • Feb 10, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: DOJ's Released Epstein Files Do NOT Contain Document 'DOJ-2024-EF-7721' Discussing 'PROJECT MEDBIRTH' -- Nor Does Any Released Document Mention 'MedBeds' Or 'Medical Regeneration Technology' No Such Doc
  • Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein Was NOT Photographed Recently In Tel Aviv, Israel -- A Gemini AI Watermark Shows On The Uncropped Image

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    Was a bearded Jeffrey Epstein photographed walking in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2026? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. The image is AI-generated. Some versions of the image circulating on social media have been cropped, but the full-size image shows the Gemini AI Sparkle watermark in the lower right corner. Two cropped versions of the fake image…

    • Feb 10, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein Was NOT Photographed Recently In Tel Aviv, Israel -- A Gemini AI Watermark Shows On The Uncropped Image AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source

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    Does a photo of Nigel Farage together with Jeffrey Epstein show that the two men were acquainted? No, that's not true: This image is fake. Although made to look like a photo taken with a flash, there is no evidence this is a real photo which existed before Feb. 3, 2026. Nigel Farage has stated that he never met Epstein.…

    • Feb 3, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake Image Shows Likenesses Of Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Epstein Together But Image Has No Verifiable Source They Never Met
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk's Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Do Not Show He 'Rejected Epstein's Invitation To His Island'

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    Do emails exchanged between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and made public in January 2026 show that Musk rejected Epstein's invitation to his private island? No, that's not true: Emails show Musk and Epstein planned holiday visits at the end of 2012 and 2013, but their schedules eventually did not align. Both men seemed eager to meet up on Epstein's…

    • Feb 2, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Elon Musk's Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Do Not Show He 'Rejected Epstein's Invitation To His Island' Not Debunked
  • Fact Check: No Email In Epstein Files With Satoshi Nakamoto Telling Epstein To 'Go F*ck Yourself' Replying To Island Invitation

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    Is there an email conversation between Jeffrey Epstein and Satoshi Nakamoto in the released Epstein files that has Nakamoto telling Epstein to "Go fuck yourself"? No, that's not true: A search of the "Epstein library" for the phrase "Dear Jeffey" from a viral image showing the supposed email only returns a single result of a different document. Other details in…

    • Feb 1, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: No Email In Epstein Files With Satoshi Nakamoto Telling Epstein To 'Go F*ck Yourself' Replying To Island Invitation Not Released
  • Fact Check: NO 'Baal' Bank Account In Jeffrey Epstein Bank Transfer Document To JP Morgan -- Likely Scanning Error

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    Does a document in the Epstein Files show he had a bank account named "Baal", a demonic figure? No, that's not true: One document that looks like a scanned in fax or document with bank transfer details has the words "Baal. name" in it on a line where one would typically expect to see "Bank Name", and it is followed…

    • Feb 1, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: NO 'Baal' Bank Account In Jeffrey Epstein Bank Transfer Document To JP Morgan -- Likely Scanning Error Bank Name
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