“The day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing.”
Social media posts
Instagram posts. Claim dated 25 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Accounting entries totaling that amount that lacked adequate audit trails were detailed in government records, news reports and an official’s testimonies long before 9/11.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2023, 39 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Ct7326ltqKP/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4e0afd63-a7c4-45b6-94…
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