Did Donald Trump issue a statement on Peanut the Squirrel saying the animal was "executed" by the State of New York? No, that's not true: The Trump campaign said a viral image that is supposedly a Trump statement is fake. Lead Stories found no posts mentioning squirrels on Trump's accounts on X and Truth Social as of this writing. One…
Did The Atlantic publish an article with the title "How A Squirrel Became A Rallying Cry Of The Far Right"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no such story on the magazine's website. The X account that posted a fake screenshot of the article later described it as a "meme." The story appeared in a post (archived here) on…
Does a video show an informant, who allegedly was once an aide to Arizona's secretary of state, telling about state plans to rig the election in favor of Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: This video is fabricated disinformation from a Russian propaganda network. A media forensics expert has identified it as one more example of the effort to spread…
Did Joe Rogan say "he will not be voting for Trump after having him on the podcast"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories reviewed Rogan's podcasts and public statements in the days after Donald Trump's appearance. Neither subsequent episodes of Rogan's podcast, his social media accounts nor credible news reports included any statements by Rogan that he had decided not…
Did the FBI publish a video reporting that it had apprehended three linked groups that had committed election fraud with mail-in ballots on behalf of the Democrats? No, that's not true: The FBI has published a statement on X that these videos are not authentic, are not from the FBI, and the content they depict is false. This bogus video…
Was Donald Trump's name misspelled or misprinted on ballots in Hamilton County, Ohio, and could this result in votes for him not being properly counted? No, that's not true: An image on social media seems to show an irregularity in the "m" of his last name, but county election officials say they have not seen another ballot with a similar…
Did former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney post on X that Donald Trump "is now literally threatening" to kill her? No, that's not true: That post came from a self-described parody account. It attributed a fake screenshot of another, nonexistent account on X to Cheney. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X on November 1, 2024. The post…
Is an ABC News affiliate's airing of apparent Pennsylvania election results that declared Vice President Kamala Harris the winner proof of election interference? No, that's not true: The station, WNEP-TV, already stated online that the displayed election results were from a test and were not real numbers. The station broadcasted them accidentally. The person who posted a social media video…
Does a photo of a ballot prove that a Canadian citizen was able to cast a vote for Donald Trump because there is no voter ID law in the United States? No, that's not true: The absentee ballot in the photo showing a vote for Trump was copied from a Florida voter's social media post. The post from a person…
Does a photo on social media show people crowding the street outside Madison Square Garden in New York in 2024 for a Trump rally? No, that's not true: Images from the street scene first appeared in 2011, showing people in Dublin lined up for an event attended by then-President Barack Obama. Actual photos from Trump's Madison Square Garden rally in…
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