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“A viral meme identifies a White House staffer from the Obama administration as the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump's actions regarding Ukraine.”
Social media posts Claim dated 6 Nov 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 6 November 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 November 2019, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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