Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Obama 'Committing Abhorrent Acts While High'

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  • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Obama 'Committing Abhorrent Acts While High' No Proof

Does a video show Barack Obama "committing abhorrent acts while high" as a social media post imples? No, that's not true: The post does not offer any evidence that the former president was caught on camera getting high or "committing abhorrent acts." The video linked in the post does not show Obama doing drugs of any kind or doing anything that could even remotely be considered "abhorrent."

The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) by the X account @MattWallace888 on November 25, 2024. It opened:

BARACK OBAMA HAS FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA ⚠️

HE IS A PLANT WHO WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ERASE AS MUCH EPSTEIN AND DIDDY EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE 🚨

THEY USED HIS DRUG ADDICTION TO CONTROL HIM WITH TAPES OF OBAMA COMMITTING ABHORRENT ACTS WHILE HIGH 🚨

IT IS A GIANT BLACKMAIL OPERATION WITH THE HOLLYWOOD ELITES AT THE TOP 🚨

DURING HIS FIRST TERM SO MUCH EVIL WAS BURIED AND MANY OF THE TAPES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE BLUE SILO 🚨

HERE IS THE DISTURBING FOOTAGE OF BARACK OBAMA SAVE THIS QUICKLY BEFORE THE LINK IS BLOCKED: https://rumble.com/v5stw6z-barack-obama-caught-on-camera-.html

This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:

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(Source: X screenshot taken on Mon Nov 26 18:25:50 2024 UTC)

No evidence is given in the post that Obama ever committed "abhorrent" acts on camera while high on drugs. The post links to a video on Rumble.com ( archived here) that has an automated-sounding voice making the claims, but it does not show Obama doing any kind of drugs and doesn't show him doing anything shocking or sickening. This account that posted the claim -- @MattWallace888 -- has a history of posting clickbait and misleading information.

The 2:31-minute video shows several video clips throughout the years of the former president, but none of the clips show him doing drugs. Beginning at the 1:17 mark in the video, the voice claims:

Barack Obama has been a plant this entire time. He is someone who was addicted heavily to drugs. They used that to control him. They have footage of him doing extremely awful things while high on drugs and that is how they were able to get the Epstein client list almost entirely evaporated during Obama's presidency.

When the voice says at the 1:24 mark, "They have footage of him doing extremely awful things while high on drugs," the footage is black and white of Obama in what appears to be a classroom and he is not doing drugs, as this screenshot shows:

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(Source: X screenshot taken on Mon Nov 26 18:32:11 2024 UTC)

Fact checks of other false claims by the @MattWallace888 X account can be seen here.

Other Lead Stories fact checks regarding Barack Obama can be found here.

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  Alexis Tereszcuk

Alexis Tereszcuk is a writer and fact checker at Lead Stories and an award-winning journalist who spent over a decade breaking hard news and celebrity scoop with RadarOnline and Us Weekly.

As the Entertainment Editor, she investigated Hollywood stories and conducted interviews with A-list celebrities and reality stars.  

Alexis’ crime reporting earned her spots as a contributor on the Nancy Grace show, CNN, Fox News and Entertainment Tonight, among others.

Read more about or contact Alexis Tereszcuk

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