A screenshot of a Truth Social post by former U.S. President Donald Trump stating that his former lawyer Michael Cohen cannot be trusted originated as satire but confused some into thinking it was real. The fabricated post reads, in part, “The jailbird Michael ‘Longhead’ Cohen is a cereal liar (sic).”Examples can be seen on Facebook (here) and Twitter (here). The fabricated post circulated on social media days after Trump sued Cohen following his testimony before the Manhattan grand jury that indicted Trump (here). There is no record of such a post on Donald Trump’s Truth Social profile (here) or on his official campaign website (www.donaldjtrump.com/news), however. There is no evidence Donald Trump called Michael Cohen a “cereal liar” in a post on Truth Social.

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