“The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.”
Social media posts
in a TikTok video. Claim dated 9 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The image in the TikTok video was manipulated. An Associated Press article with this headline does not exist.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2023, 9 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/6GNXD
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