Does a viral Facebook video provide any information about the crimes alleged in its headline? No, that's not true: The video is a newscast from cable channel One America News Network that does not mention any of the charges against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden that are the subject of its headline. The claim appeared in the…
Does a 10-second video clip show President Joe Biden "again" inappropriately kissing a young boy? No, that's not true: The clip, from 2015, shows Joe Biden comforting his grandson, Robert Hunter Biden, at the funeral of the child's father, Beau Biden. Joe Biden strokes his grandson's hair, and kisses him on the cheek and puts his hand on the boy's…
Summary: Mike Lindell's video series allegedly proving fraud in the November 2020 elections relies heavily on digital evidence in the form of files and animations that Lindell claims show attacks on the U.S. election infrastructure coming from China and other places. Lindell has never acknowledged where these files and animations came from. Lead Stories traced them back to a website…
Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repeats allegations about Hunter Biden, Project Veritas and the ship stuck in the Suez Canal that are either not supported by publicly available…
Was Bob Chapek, the CEO of Disney, arrested on child sex abuse, bestiality and child pornography charges? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this story is anything but fabricated click-bait. The "Conservative Beaver" is well-known as a fake news publisher, and there is no evidence of this arrest ever happening. The sergeant listed as a source is…
Was one of the FBI special agents killed in Florida the "top investigator for Hunter Biden's laptop"? No, there is no evidence that claim is true. Special Agent Daniel Alfin was killed on February 2, 2021, as he attempted to serve a court-ordered federal search warrant for a violent crimes against children investigation. There is no evidence that he was…
Do President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mitt Romney and climate envoy John Kerry all have sons on the board of Burisma Holdings? No, that's not true: None do. Biden's youngest son used to sit on the board of the Ukrainian energy company, but no longer. There is no publicly available evidence to support the allegation about the…
Was "Dr. Jill" the Biden family's teenage babysitter before Joe Biden's first wife Neilia was killed in a car accident? No, that's not true: This meme is readily debunked by checking the timeline of events. The car accident that claimed the lives of Neilia Biden and her baby daughter Naomi occurred in December of 1972. Jill Biden was born Jill…
Does Hunter Biden work for a foreign oil company? No, that's not true: He used to sit on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, but no longer. He left the board in 2019 and has said that he won't work for foreign-owned companies during his father's presidency. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) published…
Is Hunter Biden expected to lead the DEA? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available evidence Hunter Biden will be leading the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in his father's administration. Republican state Rep. Anthony Sabatini of Florida tweeted the false information about President Biden's only living son, Hunter, who has struggled with drug addiction, but provided no source…
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