“Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There’s no evidence. The Secret Service said the narrative is completely false. And Palm Beach Police, who the post said were alerted by a bullet hitting Mar-a-Lago, said that didn’t happen.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 February 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- FactStream: False“Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”
Where the claim appeared
- realrawnews.comhttps://realrawnews.com/2021/01/trump-assasination-foiled-deep-state-in-panic-mode/?fbcli…
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