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  • Fact Check: NJ Trump Supporter Was NOT Attacked Due To His Political Beliefs -- It Was Personal Dispute

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    Was a Trump supporter in New Jersey attacked in early April 2024 because of his political beliefs? No, that's not true: Middletown Township, New Jersey, police told Lead Stories "there is no political tie-in" in the sledgehammer attack on Rocky Granata, who is known for driving around in an RV adorned with pro-Donald Trump and Make America Great Again messages.…

    • Apr 9, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NJ Trump Supporter Was NOT Attacked Due To His Political Beliefs -- It Was Personal Dispute Non-Political
  • Fact Check: Mayo Clinic Website NOT 'Recently' Updated To Say Hydroxychloroquine Can Be Used To Treat COVID-19 Patients -- Doctors Can Prescribe But It's Not Recommended Treatment

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    Did the Mayo Clinic website change in September 2023 to say hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat COVID-19 patients, after previously saying it was ineffective? No, that's not true: First, the Mayo Clinic's website was not "recently" updated to say that the drug, used to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, can also be used for the treatment of COVID.…

    • Sep 27, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Mayo Clinic Website NOT 'Recently' Updated To Say Hydroxychloroquine Can Be Used To Treat COVID-19 Patients -- Doctors Can Prescribe But It's Not Recommended Treatment Not Suggested
  • Fact Check: Truck Driver Did NOT Rescue 'Approximately 15' Children 'Trapped In Padlocked Cages' On Pickup Truck -- It Was Mother, Her 4 Kids Heading Home, Police Say

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    Did a truck driver in New Mexico rescue "Approximately 15 Children Trapped in Padlocked Cages in the Back of a Pickup Truck" during a kidnapping incident? No, that's not true: The New Mexico State Police told Lead Stories, "This story is not correct, this was a mother and her four kids, not a human trafficking incident." The claim appeared in…

    • Sep 6, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Truck Driver Did NOT Rescue 'Approximately 15' Children 'Trapped In Padlocked Cages' On Pickup Truck -- It Was Mother, Her 4 Kids Heading Home, Police Say Not Kidnappers
  • Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message

    Analysis

    Mike & Dennis At Lead Stories we have a long history of looking at Mike Lindell's election fraud claims. Readers will remember our fact checks about Lindell's four conspiracy-filled election fraud "documentaries" here, here, here and here, or our coverage of his Cyber Symposium here. We also warned him about Dennis Montgomery, a man with a long history of providing…

    • Aug 25, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message Him Again?
  • Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications

    Fact Check

    Did Michigan State Police find "tens of thousands of fake registrations" in an October 2020 voter fraud investigation? No, that's not true: The assertion made in the headline of the article making the claim is not supported in the body of the story, nor in the police report it's based on. The Michigan Department of Attorney General told Lead Stories…

    • Aug 8, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Obamas Did NOT Say They Were 'On The Property' On Martha's Vineyard When Private Chef Drowned

    Fact Check

    Did Barack and Michelle Obama's story change about where they were when their personal chef Tafari Campbell drowned near their Massachusetts home, "altering the story to say they were indeed on the property" when Campbell went missing? No, that's not true: Massachusetts State Police said in a statement that the former president and his wife were "not present at the…

    • Jul 26, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Obamas Did NOT Say They Were 'On The Property' On Martha's Vineyard When Private Chef Drowned Not Different
  • Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade

    Fact Check

    Did Mel Gibson start working on a new documentary "exposing the 34 billion dollar global child sex trafficking trade"? No, that's not true: No credible sources confirmed he made such an announcement, and his publicist explicitly denied Gibson's involvement in the alleged project in an email to Lead Stories. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Truth Social…

    • Jun 13, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT 'Secretly Working On A 4 Part Docu Series' About Child Sex Trafficking Trade Online Rumor
  • Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver's Claims Of Missing Ballots

    Fact Check

    Did a U.S. Postal Service report confirm a driver's claims of missing ballots from the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The report released did not corroborate the driver's claims and instead noted that "Investigators confirmed data records indicated all mail contents were properly transported, accounted for, and processed." The claim appeared in an article published by The Gateway…

    • Jun 9, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver's Claims Of Missing Ballots Counterfactual
  • Fact Check: Soros Did NOT Endorse Florida Gov. DeSantis For GOP Nomination For President -- Soros Predicted He'll Run

    Fact Check

    Did liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential race? No, that's not true: In remarks to the Munich Security Conference in February 2023, Soros said DeSantis is "likely to be a Republican candidate," but he didn't say he was endorsing the Sunshine State's governor or wanted him to run.…

    • Feb 17, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Soros Did NOT Endorse Florida Gov. DeSantis For GOP Nomination For President -- Soros Predicted He'll Run No Endorsement
  • Fact Check: 'Safe Blood Donation' Blood Bank Is NOT Open in 16 Countries, Does NOT Offer Unvaccinated 'Pure Blood'

    Fact Check

    Has an international blood bank called Safe Blood Donation been opened in at least 16 countries to offer "pure blood," free of COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A disclaimer on the company's website says the Safe Blood Donation blood bank is not currently in operation and does not grant access to unvaccinated blood. Rather, the company offers a paid…

    • Feb 2, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: 'Safe Blood Donation' Blood Bank Is NOT Open in 16 Countries, Does NOT Offer Unvaccinated 'Pure Blood' Not Operating
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