Craig Wright, who falsely claimed to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, gets suspended prison sentence for contempt of court – AOL
A British judge handed down the sentence for Craig Wright. He claimed to be Bitcoin's mysterious founder, Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym), and violated a court order to stop taking related legal action. He received a one-year suspended prison sentence. Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto for years, was found […]
FACT CHECK: Threads Post Falsely Claims McDonald’s Employee Who Identified Mangione Will Receive $500,000 Reward
Post share in thread A $500,000 reward will be awarded to a McDonald's employee who identifies Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Verdict: False The total reward is $60,000, with $10,000 coming from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Crime Stoppers and $50,000 from the Federal Bureau […]
Media, Dems Falsely Claim Kash Patel Has ‘Enemies List’
CLAIM: Mainstream media and Democrats have claimed that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the FBI, has an “enemies list.” Verdict: False. Although Patel's book lists “members of the Executive Deep State,” it is not an “enemy list,” and the term “enemy list” does not exist and is not mentioned. This is an […]
FACT CHECK: Viral Threads Post Falsely Claims Elon Musk Is Not A US Citizen
virus image share in thread Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Company X, claims he is not a US citizen. Verdict: False That claim is false. According to Esquire and CNN, Musk became a U.S. citizen in 2002 through a naturalization ceremony. Fact check: The Federal Election Commission said Musk was the “largest […]
FACT CHECK: Post Falsely Claims Former Presidents Pardoned Brother And Son
Post Shared by X Former President George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush, and former President Jimmy Carter, who is white, claims to have pardoned his brother. Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother Billy Carter, who received more than $200,000 from Libya as a foreign agent. George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for […]
Democrat Rep. Jayapal Falsely Claims No Unaccompanied Migrant Children Went Missing in the U.S.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) falsely claimed this week that thousands of unaccompanied migrant children are not missing in the United States. A recent report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (OIG) in August of this year showed Since 2019, as many as 32,000 immigrant children have been detained in the United […]
Whoopi Goldberg Falsely Says Pete Hegseth ‘Clearly Does Not Know Anything About The Military’
“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg falsely said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, knows nothing about the military. The committee aired footage of Mr. Hegseth, who, while making it clear that he respects women in the military, opposes women fighting in combat and calls for lowering the military's standards […]
Louisiana woman charged after leaving her child on roadway, falsely reporting kidnapping: police
A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police say she falsely reported that her young son was kidnapped last week. According to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, Altasia Villes, 24, called authorities around 1 a.m. on Nov. 5 to report that her young son was suspected of being abducted near Route 190 and Industrial […]
NYT has yet to issue correction for wrongly claiming Trump ‘falsely’ accused FEMA of avoiding supporters’ homes
A New York Times fact check that claimed Donald Trump lied that FEMA deliberately ignored the homes of supporters devastated by the storm has been debunked — but who knows? Probably not. Even though disaster officials revealed last week that Trump was right all along, the Paper of Record has yet to publish a correction. […]
Newsweek Falsely Claims Migrant Caravan Turning Back After Trump’s Victory
Newsweek falsely claimed that a migrant caravan moving through southern Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. border is turning back in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's election. Contrary to Newsweek's report, the caravan is still moving through southern Mexico. In a report released Thursday, newsweek, One New York-based political reporter claimed in […]