Did Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accept a $2.1 million bribe from George Soros, in the form of a vacation home in Italy? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on the Dunning-Kruger Times, a website that describes its own content as satirical. The article included fabricated quotes from "Joe Barron", a fake persona that features regularly as an in-joke on that website.
The story was presented as authentic in a May 20, 2025, post on X (archived here), which included a meme that contained the following embedded text:
HOW IS THIS LEGAL?
DEI HIRE RADICAL LIBERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TOOK A $2.1 MILLION BRIBE FROM GEORGE SOROS IN THE FORM OF AN ITALIAN VACATION HOME.
SINCE THE TRANSACTION WAS TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE US AND NOT SUBJECT TO OUR LAWS, THE LIBERAL BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID IT WAS OK.
DEMS ARE THE BIGGEST CROOKS OF ALL TIME!
This is what it looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot)
In reality, that rumor was false, and originated in an April 26, 2025, article on the Dunning-Kruger Times website, which read:
In what could only be described as the swampiest story of the decade (and that's saying something), DEI Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been busted accepting what amounts to a $2.1 million bribe from none other than liberal puppet master George Soros.
According to newly uncovered reports, Brown Jackson is now the proud "owner" of a luxury vacation home in Italy, gifted -- surprise! -- via Soros' network of shell companies and shady investments. The property, nestled somewhere between the Amalfi Coast and the Gates of Hell, was allegedly part of a quiet "thank you" package for her years of reliable service pushing whatever social agenda was scribbled on a Starbucks napkin that morning.
"It's technically outside U.S. jurisdiction, so there's nothing we can do about it," said DOGE Lead Investigator Joe Barron, shaking his head in disgust. "It's just more proof that the globalists are running circles around the Constitution."
The Dunning-Kruger Times describes its own content as satirical, in the following disclaimer:
Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site's pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. See above if you're still having an issue with that satire thing.
Furthermore, "Joe Barron" is not the name of a "DOGE Lead Investigator", and the quotes attributed to him are bogus. Articles published on the Dunning-Kruger Times website regularly include the name "Joe Barron", as a kind of in-joke, and have featured several times in previous Lead Stories fact checks.
