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☆ Fact Check: No evidence of Trump post to nominate Judge Cannon to Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

When I win (AGAIN - I NEVER LOST) I will make Judge Cannon a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE as soon as a vacancy is made. I will remake the SUPREME COURT so that these WITCH HUNTS by CORRUPT MEN will never happen again in our Great Country! MAGA!”However, the post does not appear on Trump’s Truth Social timeline (archived) or on Trump’s website (archived). Judge Cannon is a Trump appointee presiding over the classified documents criminal case against Trump. There is no evidence that Trump posted on Truth Social promising to make Judge Cannon a Supreme Court Justice if he wins the 2024 Presidential election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Judge Cannon, Cannon, LOONEY JACK SMITH, Liz Harrington’s, Harrington, Trump, Read Organizations: Florida U.S, Facebook, U.S, Supreme, DAVID, SUPREME, JUSTICE, MEN, Trump, Truth, Justice, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Florida

☆ Fact Check: No evidence of Trump statement comparing Kevin McCarthy to Paul Ryan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

There is no evidence that former U.S. President Donald Trump published a statement comparing former speakers of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan. The statement circulated online after McCarthy was ousted by a handful of Republicans, making him the first speaker to be removed from the post. The last two Republican speakers, Paul Ryan and John Boehner, retired from Congress in 2018 and 2015 respectively, Reuters reported. The purported statement dated Oct. 3, 2023, reads in part: “Kevin McCarthy, who did a very poor job as Speaker of the House, has just been removed. There is no evidence that Trump published a statement comparing speakers Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, McCarthy, John Boehner, “ Kevin McCarthy, Liz Harrington’s, Harrington, Trump, Read Organizations: Congress, Reuters, Twitter, Facebook, Trump, Thomson

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of Donald Trump Truth Social calling Ron DeSantis a virgin
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that Republican Donald Trump called Florida governor Ron DeSantis a virgin in a post published via Truth Social, despite a screenshot that began circulating online on July 11, 2023. The screenshot appears to show a post published via Trump’s official Truth Social account with text that reads: “‘Virgin’ Ron DeSanctimonious is at it again!” The image is not dated or timestamped. Reuters did not find any evidence that such a post was published as of July 12, 2023. No such post is viewable when examining the former president’s Truth Social account (here) and there are no credible media articles reporting that such a post was published (archive.is/gUBhK). Trump did indeed refer to the Florida governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious” in a Truth Social posted on July 11, a nickname that he has repeatedly used when referring to his challenger for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination (here).

Persons: Republican Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSanctimonious, “, Liz, Trump, Ron DeSanctimonious ”, Harrington, Read Organizations: Republican, Florida, Trump, Reuters Locations: Florida

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of Trump Truth Social post blaming personal aide following indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that a screenshot purporting to show a social media post published by former U.S. President Donald Trump blaming a personal aide, Walt Nuata, following his indictment is real, despite a screenshot circulating online. The image circulated after U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-criminal count indictment against Trump on June 9, accusing him of unauthorized retention of sensitive documents (here). Trump has maintained his innocence and has claimed that the indictment is an attempt to undermine his re-election bid (here). The screenshot appears to show a post published via Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump). While it is true that Trump posted via Truth Social on June 9, claiming that Nauta was also indicted (here), Reuters found no evidence that the post blaming Nauta for the indictment was published.

Persons: Donald Trump, Walt Nuata, Trump, Walt Nauta, Walt, ”, Nauta, Liz, Harrington, Read Organizations: U.S, Trump, White, Navy, Reuters

☆ Fact Check-No evidence Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about forgetting to ‘give back some paperwork’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

There is no evidence that former U.S. president Donald Trump published a social media post on his Truth Social platform about forgetting “to give back some paperwork”, despite a screenshot circulating online. The screenshot appears to show a post published via Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump). While Trump did call Smith a “thug” in a June 13 Truth Social post (here), there is no evidence the statement circulating online is real. There is no evidence that Trump published a social media post about forgetting “to give back some paperwork.” An online account said they created the screenshot satirically. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

Persons: Donald Trump, “, JACK SMITH, Jack Smith, Trump, Smith, ”, Liz, Harrington, Read Organizations: THE, TRUMP, Trump, Prosecutors, Reuters

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of Donald Trump Truth Social post saying he secretly pardoned himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that former U.S. President Donald Trump published a Truth Social post claiming that he plans to issue himself a “secret pardon” after prosecutors unsealed an indictment against him on June 9. The screenshot appears to show a post published via Donald Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump). A search through Trump’s Truth Social account did not reveal the post, however (here). Archived versions of his Truth Social saved on June 9 and 10 (here), (here). Reuters did not find any credible media reports on Trump posting on Truth Social a plan to issue himself a pardon (archive.is/wip/OSoTa), (archive.is/wip/ybOH4).

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☆ Fact Check-No evidence Donald Trump reacted to Mark Meadows testimony on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that a circulating screenshot of a purported Truth Social post by former U.S. President Donald Trump attacking his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is authentic. “Well, it looks like Trump got SOME KIND OF bad news RE: The DOJ and Mark Meadows,” read one Facebook post sharing the image (here). Reuters previously debunked a similar fake screenshot of a Truth Social post by Trump created with the same app (here). A search through Trump’s Truth Social profile (here) or archived versions of the same (archive archive.is/sqGDF) did not show any such posts. Reuters found no evidence that any such Truth Social post was published by Donald Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Trump, ”, Liz, Harrington, Read Organizations: U.S, White House, Reuters, New York Times, DOJ, Trump

☆ Fact Check-No evidence that Donald Trump insulted his inner circle on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of what appears to be a social media message from former U.S. President Donald Trump insulting members of his inner circle has been circulating online. But the message does not come up in searches of Trump’s actual account on his Truth Social platform. The message does not come up in searches of Trump’s Truth Social account (here) or his official website (www.donaldjtrump.com/news), or archived versions of the website (here), (here) and the Truth Social account (here), (here) . A search through Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington’s Twitter account did not reveal the post (twitter.com/realLizUSA). Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

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