“Why are the secret service smiling?" in photo after attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump”
Social media posts
Threads. Claim dated 14 Jul 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The original Associated Press photo shows the agents weren’t smiling.
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”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/MzdmF
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