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  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Trump Shooter Crooks Wearing Yarmulke, Synagogue Representatives Say

    Fact Check

    Does a photo on social media show Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks wearing a yarmulke? No, that's not true: Representatives of the Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Butler, Pennsylvania, told Lead Stories they know the person in the photograph and that he's not Crooks. According to the congregation's statement, Crooks never "attended any event or service" at their synagogue. The…

    • Jul 19, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Trump Shooter Crooks Wearing Yarmulke, Synagogue Representatives Say Different Man
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FBI's Janeen DiGuiseppi At Rally Where Trump Was Shot

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    Does video from the campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot show Janeen DiGuiseppi of the FBI? No, that's not true: The woman in the video is not DiGuiseppi, the FBI said. The FBI told Lead Stories that DiGuiseppi, assistant director of the Insider Threat Office at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., was not at the rally. The…

    • Jul 19, 2024
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FBI's Janeen DiGuiseppi At Rally Where Trump Was Shot FBI: Not Her
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Appear With Bandage On 'Wrong Ear' At Republican National Convention -- Edited Video

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    Did Donald Trump wear a bandage on the "wrong ear" -- the left one -- at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024? No, that's not true: The video that makes this claim has been flipped on a horizontal axis, reversing everything in the scene as a mirror would. The former president was wearing a bandage…

    • Jul 19, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Appear With Bandage On 'Wrong Ear' At Republican National Convention -- Edited Video Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Appear With Bandage On 'Wrong Ear' At Republican National Convention -- Edited Video Flipped Video
  • Fact Check: Photo Purporting To Show The Shooter Was Trans Is NOT A Picture Of Thomas Matthew Crooks

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    Did a photo of the attempted assassin of Donald Trump surface, showing that Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender? No, that's not true: The person in the photo on social media is not Crooks. The photo appeared first on 4chan, posted by an anonymous user who replied to someone's questioning its truth that "spreading rumors is fun." A close-up photo of…

    • Jul 18, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Purporting To Show The Shooter Was Trans Is NOT A Picture Of Thomas Matthew Crooks 4chan Trolling
  • Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Authentic Instagram Account Of Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks With Epstein Bio

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    Is a bio page mentioning "Epstein" from the real Instagram account of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks? No, that's not true: A Meta spokesperson told Lead Stories the account was a copycat/fake account. The company told another fact-checking organization that it had removed the account. Lead Stories previously debunked the profile picture in the Instagram post as not being Crooks.…

    • Jul 18, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Authentic Instagram Account Of Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks With Epstein Bio Fake Account
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Calling Trump 'A Danger To The Country' After Assassination Attempt -- Interview Was Filmed The Day Before

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    Does a video show President Joe Biden calling former President Donald Trump "a danger to the country" after the assassination attempt against Trump on July 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video of Biden calling Trump a "danger to the country" is from an interview he recorded the day before, on July 12, 2024. That's according to the White…

    • Jul 16, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Calling Trump 'A Danger To The Country' After Assassination Attempt -- Interview Was Filmed The Day Before Day Before
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Shooting Suspect Crooks Shouting 'Slash Republican Throats' -- It's A Different Man, Different Name

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    Does a video show Thomas Matthew Crooks, identified by authorities as the man who shot at former President Donald Trump, shouting, "slash Republican throats"? No, that's not true: An Arizona State University official told Lead Stories that the FBI, in an unrelated 2020 investigation, identified the man filmed shouting threats on the Tempe campus and that he was not Thomas…

    • Jul 15, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Shooting Suspect Crooks Shouting 'Slash Republican Throats' -- It's A Different Man, Different Name Different Man
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Playing Golf On July 14, 2024, One Day After Attempted Assassination

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    Does a social media video show Donald Trump playing golf on July 14, 2024, a day after he was struck in the ear during an attempted assassination? No, that's not true: Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who was one of those who posted the video online, later said, "Okay I'm now told this video was uploaded today but *not* taken…

    • Jul 15, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Playing Golf On July 14, 2024, One Day After Attempted Assassination Didn't Tee Up
  • Fact Check: 'Hank Pecker' Was NOT Identified As Trump Shooter -- FBI Named Shooter As Thomas Matthew Crooks

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    Was the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump identified as "California resident Hank Pecker"? No, that's not true: The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The man pictured in a claim on social media is Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. A search through an online news archive did not yield…

    • Jul 15, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: 'Hank Pecker' Was NOT Identified As Trump Shooter -- FBI Named Shooter As Thomas Matthew Crooks Another Man
  • Fact Check: Secret Service Did NOT Deny Agent 'Jonathan Willis' Permission To Shoot Would-Be Assassin -- There Is No Such Agent

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    Did U.S. Secret Service "top brass" refuse to give a sniper named Jonathan Willis permission to shoot the would-be assassin at the July 13, 2024, Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania -- as an anonymous post on 4chan claimed? No, that's not true: A statement from the U.S. Secret Service Communications and Media Relations Office called this claim categorically false. The…

    • Jul 15, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Secret Service Did NOT Deny Agent 'Jonathan Willis' Permission To Shoot Would-Be Assassin -- There Is No Such Agent Not An Officer
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