“Video shows the Marcos administration threatening state auditors from the Commission on Audit, as exposed by former commissioner Heidi Mendoza”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 May 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The clip is from an ANC Live streaming of a 2014 Senate hearing where Mendoza said COA auditors were pressured and threatened when she testified in a probe into alleged irregularities at the Makati City hall.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 May 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 30 June 2025, 55 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1839474550228664
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