“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”
Donald Trump
President. in a tweet. Claim dated 9 Jun 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
This is a conspiracy theory with no basis in fact.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 9 June 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 June 2020. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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