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Claim: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. (Facebook posts, 2024-08-08)
Evidence (2024-08-15): POSTS about a missing girl named Gracie Mae Thompson have been circulating the web since August 2024. [...] Is Gracie Mae Thompson a real missing girl? [...] The Gracie Mae Thompson missing girl scam is a classic example of like-farming which is where fraudsters create emotive, shocking, or controversial content with the aim of generating as many likes, comments, and shares as possible.
Claim: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. (Facebook posts, 2024-08-08)
Evidence (2024-08-11): Gracie Mae Thompson Missing: The disturbing case of 15-year-old Gracie Mae Thompson, who was reported missing in Texas, has generated significant concern on social media. However, what initially appeared to be a heartbreaking disappearance is now suspected of being a malicious hoax aimed at deceiving and exploiting the public. [...] On August 8, 2024, the story of Gracie Mae Thompson began spreading on Facebook, with posts claiming she had been missing since July 22nd. These posts described Gracie as having recently dyed black hair, standing 5’2″ tall, weighing 103 pounds, and last seen wearing black shorts and a black shirt. [...] Further doubts are fueled by the conflicting information regarding the location of Gracie’s disappearance. Some posts claim she went missing in Odessa, while others mention Stockton, Pickens County, Belle, and various other locations. These discrepancies suggest that the posts may not be reliable.
Claim: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. (Facebook posts, 2024-08-08)
Evidence (2024-08-10): Scams that prey on our emotions are becoming more common. The Gracie Mae Thompson Missing Girl Scam is a prime example, using a fabricated story about a missing child to deceive people into sharing false information. [...] The Gracie Mae Thompson Missing Girl Scam is a deceitful scheme circulating on social media platforms, especially Facebook. It falsely claims that a 15-year-old girl named Gracie Mae Thompson went missing in Texas on July 22, 2024. [...] The scam begins with a post claiming Gracie Mae Thompson has been missing for some time. The post uses emotionally charged language to urge viewers to share the information quickly to help find her.
Claim: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. (Facebook posts, 2024-08-08)
Evidence (2024-08-10): Gracie Mae Thomson Missing? Fake News About 15-Yr-Old Texas Girl Likely Scam [...] A photo of a young girl named Gracie Mae Thompson is circulating on social media saying that she is missing. However, as many have confirmed, the photo and the link about the girl is fake and most likely a scam. [...] A blog called scamfinder, which tracks and reports on scams, said that the link about 15-year-old Gracie Mae Thompson being missing could be used to spread malware and viruses. As the story is heart-touching, people are likely to click on it to know more. Scammers are taking advantage of that.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-14): Tucker Carlson suggested that an alarm that sounded at a Fulton County elections warehouse in May 2021 could be proof of fraud in the 2020 election. But it was a motion detector in a room that wasn’t storing any ballots. Carlson made several other allegations — including about double-scanned ballots and mail-in ballots without creases — that were false, misleading or unsubstantiated. After an initial count that declared Joe Biden the winner in Georgia, the state’s election results underwent a full hand audit and a machine recount that confirmed Biden’s victory.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-16): Watch: Tucker Carlson Breaks Down All the Evidence of Voter Fraud in Fulton County [...] Carlson said the numbers from Voter GA — the voting group that’s been looking at the ballots from Fulton County — were starkly different from those of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They say that "at least 36 batches of mail-in ballots from the November election were double-counted in Fulton County. That’s a total of more than 4,000 votes." [...] However, Voter GA said the surveillance footage it has obtained shows far more ballots were scanned twice than Fulton County is letting on. In one clip played on Carlson’s show, you can see one worker appearing to scan a ballot more than once.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-15): From the beginning, this show has tried to be fact-based when we talk about the 2020 election results. So here's what we know tonight, factually. At least 36 batches of mail-in ballots from the November election were double counted in Fulton County. That's a total of more than 4,000 votes. Those numbers come from a group called Voter GA which along with Bob Cheeley sued to get them. [...] When Voter GA finally forced Fulton County to turn over the tally sheets, the conclusion was stunning. Here's what the audit found, quote: "Seven falsified audit tally sheets containing fabricated vote totals. For example, a batch containing 59 actual ballot images for Joe Biden and 42 for Donald Trump was reported as a hundred for Biden and zero for Trump. The seven batches of ballot images with 554 votes for Joe Biden, 140 votes for Donald Trump and 11 votes for Joe Jorgensen had tally sheets in the audit falsified to show 850 votes for Biden, zero votes for Trump, and zero votes for Jorgensen." [...] Voter GA detected a series of other apparent irregularities in the recount. The group's audit found for example that quote: "Over 200 Fulton County mail-in ballot images contained votes that were not included in the hand count audit results for the November election." Now, why is that? We don't know.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-03-29): State Election Board Clears Fulton County "Ballot Suitcase" Investigation; Report Finds No Evidence of Conspiracy, No Fraud On Tuesday, the State Election Board dismissed case SEB2020-059, a long-running investigation into alleged malfeasance during the 2020 election at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Over the course of the investigation, it was confirmed that numerous allegations made against the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections, and specifically, two election workers, were false and unsubstantiated. [...] The investigation, which included Secretary of State Investigators, and Special Agents with both GBI and FBI revealed "there was no evidence of any type of fraud as alleged." Through the course of the investigation, "three law enforcement agencies reviewed the entire unedited video footage of the events in question surrounding [the two election workers] at State Farm Arena," and additionally, reviewed social media posts allegedly made by a Fulton County election worker stating they engaged in election fraud, which was found to created by a third party who "admitted he created a fake account and confirmed the content that was posted on the account was fake." Ultimately, "all allegations made against [the two election workers] were unsubstantiated and found to have no merit."
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-11-16): In his post to Truth Social on Nov. 11, Trump stated, "Fulton County, Georgia, acknowledges, in a major Consent Decree, that 3,600 individual ballots were DUPLICATED (36 Batches). THAT’S A LOT OF CRIME. When are the rest of the facts coming out? We are all waiting. This is just the beginning. UNBELIEVABLE!" Trump is referring to a consent order (not a consent decree, which is a settlement approved by a judge) from June in which state elections investigators concluded that Fulton County elections staff "misidentified and duplicated" tally sheets in an audit of 2020 election results. Not mentioned by Trump is that state investigators concluded the errors were "not due to intentional misconduct by Fulton County elections staff" and represented just a fraction of the overall votes cast and therefore "did not affect the result" of the election in Fulton County. [...] Consent order, June 8: The results of the investigation showed that Fulton County elections staff misidentified and duplicated audit batch sheet data when entering the data into the Arlo software used by the Secretary of State’s office to manage the risk-limiting audit. By failing to enter all of the audit batch sheet data accurately, Respondent [the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections] violated SEB Rule 183-1-15-.04 regarding audits.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2020-11-20): Georgia officials found more than 2,600 uncounted ballots, but they’re not evidence of fraud. [...] We debunked the "Hammer and Scorecard" election fraud conspiracy theory. The U.S. government’s head of cybersecurity declared it to be "nonsense" (before Trump fired him). [...] Georgia: Pollster Richard Baris claimed in a tweet that 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Ga., were identified as likely ineligible, and Trump would win as a result. That’s False — state election officials have said they haven’t found credible examples of election fraud.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-08-01): The campaign presented the video to Georgia state lawmakers on Dec. 3. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote on Twitter the same day: "The video tape doesn’t lie. Fulton County Democrats stole the election. It’s now beyond doubt." Trump himself later amplified the claim at a rally in Georgia on Dec. 5. [...] Fulton County Elections Director Rick Barron also made that clear during a special, virtual public meeting on Dec. 4. He said that "certain staff that were on the cutting stations, that were on the flattening stations, that were extracting from the inner envelopes, those staff left as work completed." [...] Update, Aug. 1, 2023: On June 20, the Georgia secretary of state’s office released an investigative report concluding that there was "no evidence" of any fraud regarding the claim that "suitcases" of illegal ballots were counted on election night. Investigators from the FBI, Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the secretary of state’s office interviewed Fulton County election workers and reviewed "the entire unedited security video footage of the events in question" in response to a complaint referred by a state senator and specifically naming two election night workers in the video, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-08-15): Timeline: The Trump investigation in Fulton County, Georgia [...] Nov. 12: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, says there was no evidence of voter fraud in the state. [...] Jan. 20: Willis asks Fulton County's chief judge to impanel a special purpose grand jury to aid in her investigation, in part because "a significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony." Her request is granted soon after.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-15): Fox News host and journalist Tucker Carlson is alleging criminal voter fraud was carried out in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 presidential election and backed up the claims during his show Wednesday night. From the beginning this show has tried to be fact based when we talk about the 2020 election results. Here's what we know tonight, factually. At least 36 batches of mail-in ballots from the November election were double counted in Fulton County. That's a total of more than 4000 votes. Those numbers come from a group called VoterGA, which along with Bob Cheeley sued to get them. The final tally from the double counts we know about amounts to more than 3300 votes for Joe Biden and 865 votes for Donald Trump," Carlson said. "Now before you dismiss Bob Cheeley and VoterGA as dishonest partisan actors, keep in mind that the strongly left-of-center Atlanta Journal Constitution appears to agree with this, at least an outline. The newspaper reviewed the available digital ballot images independently and concluded hundreds of ballots were improperly duplicated." Recommended "We're not talking about a couple of ballots here. We're talking about a lot of ballots. At least hundreds of ballots involved. Enough potentially to affect the outcome of the election," he continued, showing video evidence and a presentation by an election expert. "Surveillance footage obtained by VoterGA appears to show large numbers of ballots being scanned multiple times...the question is how many times were those ballots counted? Was each vote counted more than once? Fulton County won't answer that question."
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-20): "It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November," Carlson said July 14. It’s true." [...] But Carlson’s account of what happened in Fulton County — a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta — was neither official nor true. State and local officials and election experts said his claim of fraud reflected a misunderstanding of election procedures. [...] Investigators looked into allegations of fraud in Fulton County and found nothing, the Georgia secretary of state’s office told PolitiFact. The recounts corrected some mistakes that had no bearing on the outcome, including in two counties that went for Trump.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2024-05-24): These claims went viral after a May 7 Georgia Elections Board meeting in which board members heard testimony and received findings from a state investigation into multiple allegations of 2020 election fraud in Fulton County. The largely Democratic county, which includes parts of Atlanta, has often been at the center of 2020 voter fraud claims. The secretary of state’s office began investigating after Georgia resident Joseph Rossi and Texas resident Kevin Moncla filed a complaint in 2022. The complaint accused Fulton County of improperly recounting the 2020 presidential election and said the complainants had found other voting irregularities. [...] Fulton County officials said at the meeting they didn’t know about this allegation and so could not comment. PolitiFact also contacted Fulton County’s elections office and received no response.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-06-17): For the past seven months, misinformation and false claims of fraud in Fulton County have dominated certain corners of the Internet and the Republican Party, with many refusing to accept results that showed three separate times that Donald Trump lost Georgia. [...] But ever since November's presidential race saw President Joe Biden flip Georgia by about 12,000 votes, some pro-Trump media outlets and politicians have zeroed in on Fulton in search of a smoking gun that would prove massive fraud cost the former president a victory. Those calls have come even after a full hand count risk-limiting audit (RLA) confirmed Biden's victory and a Trump campaign-ordered recount validated victory once more. [...] Ahead of a hearing on the lawsuit seeking to inspect images of Fulton's absentee ballots for fraud, a pair of pro-Trump media outlets have pushed false and misleading stories about the county's absentee drop box documentation and risk-limiting audit forms, implying or outright stating — but without real evidence — that the already-certified election should be overturned.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-21): Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson said: "It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. Our rating: False. Carlson made several allegations — including about an elections warehouse alarm, double-scanned ballots and mail-in ballots without creases — that were false, misleading or unsubstantiated. A Facebook post claimed: "4,255 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, were scanned multiple times" and "3,390 went to Biden." Our rating: False. Some 200 ballots initially were double-counted. But the double-count, once identified, didn’t change the official result of Biden defeating Trump in Georgia, and there’s no evidence of thousands of double-counts. [...] The claim in a viral image was that "132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Ga., have been identified as likely ineligible," and Trump might win Georgia as a result. Our rating: False. The claim appeared to be based on a pollster’s own queries of voter files, with no indication that he attempted to verify the legitimacy of his claim with election officials.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-10-17): A trove of emails and documents uncovered by state investigators looking into a voting systems breach in Georgia is being turned over to the Fulton County prosecutors who brought the sweeping racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. [...] While it’s unclear what’s in the trove of emails and documents, the Coffee County breach features prominently in the Fulton County indictment. Prosecutors say Trump allies illegally breached the voting systems in hopes of finding proof that the election was fraudulent. Prosecutors also have evidence tying Trump campaign lawyers to the breach. [...] Hampton and Powell each face seven charges in Fulton County, including conspiracy to commit election fraud and computer trespassing, in addition to racketeering. A trial date for Hampton has not been set, and Miller said his client has not received a plea offer she is "willing to facilitate."
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2023-06-20): The Georgia State Election Board dismissed the years-long investigation into alleged misconduct by Fulton County election workers during the 2020 election, saying it had found no evidence of conspiracy. "Over the course of the investigation, it was confirmed that numerous allegations made against the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections, and specifically, two election workers, were false and unsubstantiated," according to a press release from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office. [...] Tuesday’s announcement echoes that there was no wrongdoing committed by election officials in Fulton County.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2021-07-14): Tucker Carlson spins web of misleading claims as he alleges ‘meaningful voter fraud’ in Georgia [...] "It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November," Carlson said July 14. [...] But Carlson’s account of what happened in Fulton County — a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta — was neither official nor true. State and local officials and election experts said his claim of fraud reflected a misunderstanding of election procedures.
Claim: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” (Tucker Carlson, 2021-07-14)
Evidence (2022-11-08): Well-regarded newspapers offer high-quality, fact-checked news, but they do this at a cost most people can’t afford, turning Americans to lesser-quality news or news aggregators, which are more likely biased and can leave readers confused or misinformed. [...] Apple News, a news aggregator automatically installed on Apple products like iPhones or iPads with 125 million active users, recently aggregated an article about the upcoming Georgia elections with quotes from Tucker Carlson, a far-right TV host, stating and supporting that "It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. It’s true." Though this article was featured on a highly-visited platform, Apple News, it doesn’t mean it’s correct. Snopes, a popular and historically reputable fact-checking website, said that both the aggregated article and Carlson’s quote are incorrect, as there is no evidence of voter fraud in Fulton County in the 2021 elections. Despite aggregators being some of the most used news websites in the United States, they are often some of the least trustworthy, due to the wide amount of information they put out, and the fact that it isn’t always double-checked, making most of the websites people go to for news biased and potentially unreliable.