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Truth or Fake - Trump shares fake quotes, falsely accuses Obama of treason in late-night rant

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 400 words · By Vedika BAHL
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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that claiming “2.7 million Trump votes nationwide” had been deleted due to Dominion voting technology. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: claiming “2.7 million Trump votes nationwide” had been deleted due to Dominion voting technology.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “claiming “2.7 million Trump votes nationwide” had been deleted due to Dominion voting technology”
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Multiple sources (Snopes, other fact-checkers) confirm that Trump specifically claimed 2.7 million votes were deleted by Dominion voting technology.
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web search NEUTRAL — Claim: Dominion Voting Systems deleted 2.7 million votes that were cast for U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020.Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. N…
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dominion-deleted-trump-vot…
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web search NEUTRAL — “DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE,” Trump tweeted on Thursday, citing a report from the right-wing One America News Network. Without showing any evidence, he claimed that states usi…
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/dominion-voting-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump: "Dominion deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide." Verdict: There is no evidence to support this claim. The president is referring to a news item on the pro-Trump, conservative news outlet …
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54959962
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Claim 2: “claiming Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana demanded Obama “return $120 million that he allegedly earned through ownership related to Obamacare.””
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Web search results confirm that Trump made a claim involving Senator John Kennedy demanding Obama return $120 million related to Obamacare.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_(Louisiana_politi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 3: “Posting 55 times in a span of 3 hours, Trump tore into former President Barack Obama, accusing him - without evidence - of treason and espionage during Trump’s 2016 election campaign.”
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While evidence confirms Trump has accused Obama of spying/treason (Obamagate), the specific detail of '55 times in 3 hours' is not corroborated by the provided search results, which only provide general biographical info or general accusations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946, New York, New York, U.S.) is a former real estate mogul and reality TV star who has served as the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump
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Claim 4: “the outlet is in fact gaining readership, not losing it, reporting last week it had surpassed 13 million subscribers.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the current subscriber count of The New York Times.
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Claim 5: “Trump reposted comments that Obama should be “arrested” and “prosecuted” for allegedly wiretapping Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources explicitly confirm that Trump accused the Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower in 2016.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As part of a larger conspiracy theory, Donald Trump posited that Barack Obama had spied on him, which Trump described as "the biggest political crime in American history, by far." The series of accusa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_Barack_Obama_sp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This bibliography of Donald Trump is a list of written and published works, by and about Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Due to the sheer volume of books about Trump, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, Obama–Trump voters, sometimes referred to as Trump Democrats or Obama Republicans, are people who voted for Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 and/or 2012 presiden…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama–Trump_voters
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Claim 6: “the paper pointed out Trump’s project was significantly more expensive than the $1.8m price tag originally attributed.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the cost of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project.
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Claim 7: “including “over 1 million Pennsylvania votes switched from President Trump to Biden.””
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Evidence shows Trump made claims regarding over 1 million votes in Pennsylvania being created or switched, as seen in his tweets and news reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump continues to claim that millions of votes cast for him were deleted.Data analysis finds 221,000 pennsylvania votes switched from president trump to biden.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/as-trump-claims-votes-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Claim 2: Unexplained surges in Democrat votes. There've been a number of allegations from President Trump and others about votes for his rival, Joe Biden, suddenly appearing in large numbers during th…
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-55016029
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web search NEUTRAL — — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020. Earlier, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has struck down the Trump campaign's request to …
https://sputnikglobe.com/20201128/trump-1126940-votes-were-c…
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Claim 8: “a 2017 court filing from the Justice Department also affirmed it had found no basis to support the claims [of wiretapping Trump Tower].”
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Multiple news reports explicitly state that the Justice Department filed a court document affirming there was no evidence to support the Trump Tower wiretapping claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 2024, since the 1970s, at least 28 women have publicly accused Donald Trump of various acts of sexual misconduct, including rape, sex with minors, sexual assault, physical abuse, kissing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the late 1980s and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trump Organization, Inc. is an American conglomerate. Privately owned by Donald Trump, it consists of most of Trump's business ventures and investments, with around 250 of its affiliates and subsi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization
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Claim 9: “Kennedy himself told digital outlet NOTUS he’d heard of the claims online, but that he “didn’t say that.”
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The provided evidence for claim 5 contains only general lists of senators and does not include the specific quote or interview from Senator Kennedy to NOTUS denying the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Senate composition by state and party. The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Information on the requirements to become a senator, a senator's term of service, and the oath of office. Links to biographical information, Senate service accomplishments, military service, awards an…
https://www.senate.gov/senators/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find your member on a list to view their contact information.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
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Claim 10: “He also revived falsehoods that the election was “stolen” from him in 2020”
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Multiple independent sources (AP, Joe Rogan interview, and Wikipedia) confirm that Donald Trump claimed the 2020 election was 'stolen' from him.
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web search NEUTRAL — On March 17, 2023, Trump made his first Facebook post since his reinstatement: a video clip of his victory speech following the 2016 presidential election in which he stated, "Sorry to keep you waitin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru…
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web search NEUTRAL — The panel says that Mr Trump decided to claim the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" from him, even though many of his staffers said that Democrat Joe Biden had won more votes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-14/trump-advisers-say-th…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former President Donald Trump sat down with popular podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday, sparking a three-hour conversation that quickly veered into Trump's long-held claims that the 2020 election was "stol…
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/170390/20241026/joe-ro…
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