“Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt.”
Social media posts
Threads posts. Claim dated 14 Jul 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The photo was altered. In the original photo, taken by Associated Press photojournalist Evan Vucci, the Secret Service agents weren’t smiling.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 July 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 July 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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