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  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say He 'Will Leave The USA If The Epstein Client List Is Released'

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    Did Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, publicly say in January 2025 that he "will leave the USA if the Epstein Client List is released"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible reports to support Gates' supposed announced departure. Court materials detailing Jeffrey Epstein's contacts were made public in January 2024. Neither Gates nor any reputable news organization…

    • Jan 27, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say He 'Will Leave The USA If The Epstein Client List Is Released' No Reports
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Said, As Of December 2, 2024, She Would Leave US If Rumored "Epstein Client List" Was Released

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    Did Hillary Clinton say that she would leave the U.S. if a rumored Jeffrey Epstein client list was released? No, that's not true: As of December 2, 2024, there is no record of Hillary Clinton having made such an announcement on her social media channels or website, and major media outlets did not report such a quote. Court documents naming…

    • Dec 2, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Said, As Of December 2, 2024, She Would Leave US If Rumored "Epstein Client List" Was Released No Record
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say He Would Release Epstein and Diddy 'Lists' On January 20, 2024

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    Did Elon Musk say he would release a "bombshell" client list tied to rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs and financier Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: This originated from SpaceX Fanclub, a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer: "We post SATIRE, nothing on this page is real." The first comment under the post included a link to the self-described satire website…

    • Dec 2, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say He Would Release Epstein and Diddy 'Lists' On January 20, 2024 Labeled Satire
  • Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Dead As Of November 14, 2024

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    Was Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite associated with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dead as of November 14, 2024? No, that's not true: She was listed as an inmate at a federal prison at the time of writing. There is no evidence that Maxwell was deceased on or before this date. The claim was suggested in a post (archived here) on X…

    • Nov 14, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Dead As Of November 14, 2024 4chan Fiction
  • Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 -- Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her

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    Did Jeffrey Epstein only move into billionaire Les Wexner's Upper East Side brownstone in 1996, thus proving that Stacey Williams' story about Donald Trump groping her after they had left Epstein's "brownstone on the Upper East Side" in 1993 was false? No, that's not true: Epstein rented an Upper East Side home from 1992 to 1996, according to news reports.…

    • Oct 24, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 --  Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her Rented Place
  • Fact Check: Parody Account Faked Recording Of Trump Call To Fox, Describing Soldiers As 'Dumb,' Service 'Stupid'

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    Was Donald Trump caught on tape during a Fox News commercial break, saying that someone who is called into war is a "dumbfuck redneck" and that volunteering for military service is "stupid"? No, that's not true: This recording is fake -- it originated from a parody account. It appears that a human voice actor impersonated Donald Trump in this recording,…

    • Aug 29, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Parody Account Faked Recording Of Trump Call To Fox, Describing Soldiers As 'Dumb,' Service 'Stupid' Parody Video
  • Fact Check: Trump DID Fly On Plane Previously Owned By Epstein -- Trump Campaign Says It Leased Plane Without Knowing Aircraft's History

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    Did former President Donald Trump fly on one of Jeffrey Epstein's planes? Yes, but that is missing context: The private jet that Trump flew on for campaign events on August 10, 2024, was a Gulfstream that was previously owned by sex offender Epstein and is now a leased aircraft under private ownership. This is not the same aircraft that was…

    • Aug 13, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Trump DID Fly On Plane Previously Owned By Epstein -- Trump Campaign Says It Leased Plane Without Knowing Aircraft's History New Owner
  • Fact Check: Beach 'Photo' Of Kamala Harris With Epstein NOT Authentic

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    Did an authentic photo show Vice President Kamala Harris with Jeffrey Epstein, embracing at the beach? No, that's not true: Lead Stories ran the image through AI detection tool True Media, which found "substantial evidence" the image was generated using AI, with 100 percent confidence. A reverse image search does not offer results older than mid-July 2024, almost five years…

    • Jul 30, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Beach 'Photo' Of Kamala Harris With Epstein NOT Authentic AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Doctored Photo Falsely Puts Epstein, Biden Together

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    Does an image authentically show President Joe Biden and the late sex-crimes offender Jeffrey Epstein posing together? No, that's not true: Digital editing was used to fake the shot, putting the two men together in a photograph that was never taken. The doctored picture first began appearing online in 2020. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook…

    • Jun 20, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
     Fact Check: Doctored Photo Falsely Puts Epstein, Biden Together Digital Edit
  • Fact Check: NON Authentic Photo Of P. Diddy, Trump, Jeffrey Epstein Sitting With Young Women Shows Signs of AI Manipulation

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    Does a photo on Facebook actually show rapper Sean "P. Diddy" Combs seated next to former President Donald Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as the two men snuggle with young women? No, that's not true: A previous fact check by Lead Stories determined that another version of the photo that did not include Combs was likely AI-generated.…

    • Apr 19, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: NON Authentic Photo Of P. Diddy, Trump, Jeffrey Epstein Sitting With Young Women Shows Signs of AI Manipulation Fake Pic
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