“The head of the secret service refused to give [Jonathan Willis] the order to take out" Donald Trump's attempted assassin.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Jul 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
4Chan posts spread the false claim that Secret Service officials prevented agent “Jonathan Willis” from shooting Donald Trump’s attempted assassin. The Secret Service has no employee by that name, the agency said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 July 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 July 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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