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  • Fact Check: Satirist's 2,343-Character 'CREEP JEFFREY EPSTEIN' Rant Is NOT An Actual Trump Truth Social Post -- Truth Social Limits Posts To 500 Characters

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    Did President Donald Trump post a 435-word tirade about the public's interest in the canceled investigation into the clients of the dead child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: There have been no genuine Trump posts about Epstein on Truth Social since January 2024. The mock-up using Trump's Truth Social profile image was posted by a self-described humor…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Satirist's 2,343-Character 'CREEP JEFFREY EPSTEIN' Rant Is NOT An Actual Trump Truth Social Post -- Truth Social Limits Posts To 500 Characters Satirist's Jab
  • 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
  • Fact Check: Image Showing Canada's Mark Carney With Jeffrey Epstein In Pool Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation

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    Does an authentic photo show Canadian Liberal Party leadership candidate Mark Carney with Jeffrey Epstein in a pool? No, that's not true: Multiple online artificial intelligence detectors judged that this image was almost certainly AI generated. Lead Stories found no real photos of Carney and Epstein together after consulting online news archives and image searching tools. The image appeared in…

    • Jan 28, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Image Showing Canada's Mark Carney With Jeffrey Epstein In Pool Is NOT Authentic -- Likely AI Creation Fake Photo
  • 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: 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: Mel Gibson Did NOT Release Video Of Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island

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    Did Mel Gibson release a video of satanic rituals taking place on "Jeffrey Epstein's island"? No, that's not true: "He has nothing to do with this and has no knowledge of it," Gibson's publicist told Lead Stories about a social media post making this claim. There is no evidence given in the post that such a video even exists. The…

    • Mar 7, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Mel Gibson Did NOT Release Video Of Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island No Such Video
  • Fact Check: Judge Kaplan Did NOT Unilaterally Dismiss Prince Andrew Sexual Assault Lawsuit

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    Did Judge Lewis Kaplan terminate a sexual assault lawsuit involving Prince Andrew in the spring of 2022 to prevent trial? No, that's not true: Both court materials and news reports show that the judge considered trial until the very last moment, when the parties entered a settlement. That was the grounds for dismissing the case, not the judge's unilateral decision.…

    • Feb 26, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Judge Kaplan Did NOT Unilaterally Dismiss Prince Andrew Sexual Assault Lawsuit Settlement
  • Fact Check: Court Documents Do NOT Show Rep. Adam Schiff Visited Epstein Island Over 70 Times

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    Do court documents unsealed in early January 2024 show that California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff visited the island of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than 70 times? No, that's not true: There is no credible information or evidence to support the claim. A search of the court records revealed no mention of Schiff. The claim appeared in a post…

    • Jan 5, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Court Documents Do NOT Show Rep. Adam Schiff Visited Epstein Island Over 70 Times Not Mentioned
  • Fact Check: Oprah Winfrey Was NOT 'A Client On The Epstein List' -- Court Records Mention Her Name Once In Different Context

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    Did recently published court documents reveal that celebrity TV host Oprah Winfrey was "a client" of registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found a single mention of Winfrey in these documents, but that was an email discussing people who might be interested in the story of Virginia Giuffre, a former Epstein employee whose 2015 lawsuit…

    • Jan 5, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Oprah Winfrey Was NOT 'A Client On The Epstein List' -- Court Records Mention Her Name Once In Different Context Mention≠Client
  • Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Was NOT Mentioned As Jeffrey Epstein's Client In Court Records Released On January 3 And January 4, 2024 -- His Name Wasn't There At All

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    Was comedian and TV host Jimmy Kimmel named as Jeffrey Epstein's client in the most recent batch of court documents released in the first week of 2024? No, that's not true: Lead Stories manually reviewed the files, and none of them discussed or mentioned Kimmel. Kimmel has denied "any contact whatsoever with Epstein" and he has denied that his name…

    • Jan 4, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Jimmy Kimmel Was NOT Mentioned As Jeffrey Epstein's Client In Court Records Released On January 3 And January 4, 2024 -- His Name Wasn't There At All No Mention
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