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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Of Man In Helicopter Is From "Epstein Files" Or Shows Doug Emhoff

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    Does a video from the Epstein Files show Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, in a private helicopter at an airport? No, that's not true: There is no evidence this video came from Department of Justice's public release of "Epstein Files". None of the social media posts with the video contain a file number from the release. Additionally Doug Emhoff and…

    • Mar 21, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Of Man In Helicopter Is From "Epstein Files" Or Shows Doug Emhoff Unsourced
  • Fact Check: AI-Generated Images Of Trump And Epstein With Young Girls Went Viral Months After They Were Published In A Clickbait TikTok

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    Did real never-before-seen images of Trump and Epstein together with young girls originate from a Department of Justice release of Epstein files? No, that's not true: The images are AI-generated and originated from a video published in Nov. 2025 by a tabloid-style Spanish language TikTok account. Credible news sources have not reported on these images, and the DOJ file numbers…

    • Mar 9, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: AI-Generated Images Of Trump And Epstein With Young Girls Went Viral Months After They Were Published In A Clickbait TikTok AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The 'Dark Side' Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views -- It's Viet Spam

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    Did Jon Stewart broadcast a livestream about the Virginia Giuffre case and did the show get 3.2 billion views globally? No, that's not true: There is no evidence such a show was ever broadcast. Giuffre was one of the women who accused Jeffrey Epstein and others of sexual abuse as a teenager. The website and Facebook pages spreading the claim…

    • Feb 21, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The 'Dark Side' Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views -- It's Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam

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    Did the family of Epstein's late survivor Virginia Giuffre, Stephen Colbert or Elon Musk spend millions of dollars to file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other people? No, that's not true: A federal court database showed no such case filed by Giuffre's surviving brother, and credible media organizations did not publish any reports of such a…

    • Feb 20, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam No Record
  • 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: DoJ's Epstein Files Did NOT Show His Email Saying That Trump Called 'Black Girls' 'Boogers,' As Of February 3, 2026

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    Does a viral image on social media prove that Justice Department files show Jeffrey Epstein once wrote that Donald Trump calls "black girls" "boogers"? No, that's not true: Multiple searches across the Department of Justice website did not show such an email. The viral screenshot is unlikely to be authentic because it contains a reference to a domain registered months…

    • Feb 3, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: DoJ's Epstein Files Did NOT Show His Email Saying That Trump Called 'Black Girls' 'Boogers,'  As Of February 3, 2026 No Such Email
  • Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real

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    Is the letter in which convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein told another convicted sex offender, Larry Nassar, that "our president shares our love of young, nubile girls" real? No, that's not true: The Department of Justice, which published the letter as part of the Epstein file release, later referred to the letter as "fake." The agency said it relied on…

    • Dec 23, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: DoJ DENIES Epstein Letter To Larry Nassar Mentioning 'Our President' Is Real DoJ: Fake
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Erika Kirk Was A Recruiter For Jeffrey Epstein Or That She Had Charlie Kirk Killed

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    Is there evidence that Erika Kirk was a recruiter for Jeffrey Epstein or that she had her husband, Charlie Kirk, killed to shut him up about it? No, that's not true: The claim appears to be based on another false claim that Erika Kirk operated a charity in Romania that was used for trafficking orphaned children internationally. Lead Stories previously…

    • Sep 26, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Erika Kirk Was A Recruiter For Jeffrey Epstein Or That She Had Charlie Kirk Killed No Evidence
  • Fact Check: Epstein Jail Video Posted By Department Of Justice IS Missing 61 Seconds -- Jumps From 11:58:59 PM to 12:00:00 AM

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    Is one minute missing from the video posted by the Department of Justice showing the hallway outside the jail cell where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead? Yes, that's true: The 10-hour-long closed-circuit camera video posted on the Justice Department website on July 3, 2025, jumps from 11:58:58 p.m. on August 9, 2019, to 12:00:00 a.m. on August 10, 2019. The…

    • Jul 7, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Epstein Jail Video Posted By Department Of Justice IS Missing 61 Seconds -- Jumps From 11:58:59 PM to 12:00:00 AM Missing Minute
  • Fact Check: Gene Hackman Did NOT Vow To 'Corroborate' Epstein Client List A Year Before His Death

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    Did Gene Hackman vow to "corroborate everything in the Epstein client list" in an X.com post a year before his death? No, that's not true: The user name seen in the purported February 2024 tweet does not exist and there is no indication online the 95-year-old actor was active on the social media platform in recent years. While no "client…

    • Mar 2, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Gene Hackman Did NOT Vow To 'Corroborate' Epstein Client List A Year Before His Death Not Hackman
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