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Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-09-03): - Court documents accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump and the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13-year-old girl identified as Katie Johnson are often shared by Trump's detractors on social media. [...] In September 2024, old claims that former U.S. President Donald Trump committed acts of sexual violence against minors in the 1990s reemerged on social media platforms including X and Reddit, sharing this time alongside a new meme to illustrating the allegation: [...] These court documents are part of a lawsuit that alleges in 1994 an associate of Epstein recruited a 13-year-old girl, originally identified as Katie Johnson, to become his sex slave. Epstein raped the girl, the documents claim, and also forced her to have sex with Trump on multiple occasions in both New York and Florida. The filings also include testimony from an anonymous witness corroborating the allegations.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-28): CLAIM: An image shows former President Donald Trump dancing with a teenage girl at a party at Jeffrey Epstein’s private island. [...] Many are sharing an image that appears to show Trump dancing with a young girl at a party years earlier. Wearing a dark suit and tie, Trump appears to clutch the blonde-haired girl in a red dress as people mill around in the background. "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein’s private island dancing with a 13 year old girl," the text superimposed over the photo reads, referring to the disgraced financier who killed himself in a New York City jail while facing federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in 2019.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-15): An image featuring Donald Trump and a young-looking girl dancing with him has been spreading on Twitter and TikTok over the past few days, sparking skepticism about its authenticity. [...] The photo purportedly showing Trump dancing with a young girl was shared in dozens of tweets—mostly with low engagement—but accumulated more than 100,000 views in total. It surfaced on other platforms including TikTok, as well. [...] "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein's private island. Dancing with a 13 year old girl. Trump was in his 50s when this photo was taken. What kind of man does that?"
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2021-01-28): In 1992, Trump hosted the competition again. On a similarly golden evening in early September that year, another group of contestants boarded the Spirit of New York, chartered for another Elite cruise. One of the girls on the boat was Shawna Lee, then a 14-year-old from a small town outside Toronto. She recalls how the contestants were encouraged to parade downstairs, one by one, and dance for Trump, Casablancas and others. Lee, an introverted teenager who loved to draw but hated school, was in New York for the first time. "A woman at the agency was pushing me," she recalls. "I said to her, ‘I don’t see why me going down the stairs and dancing in front of those two has anything to do with me becoming a model. And she said, ‘No, you look great, take off your blazer and go and do it.’ So I walked down the stairs. I didn’t dance – I blew a kiss at them, spun around and walked away." [...] No such allegations have been levelled against Trump, who at the time was dating Marla Maples, the woman who in 1993 became his second wife. But his close involvement in the contest raises questions for the president. Did he know that Casablancas and others were sleeping with contestants? Why would a man in his 40s, whose main business was real-estate development, want to host a beauty contest for teenage girls?
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2020-09-18): The Trump campaign called her allegations "totally false and ridiculous" and directly addressed the picture in a statement, saying, "The picture is one of thousands taken out of respect for people asking to have their picture taken with Mr. Trump." [...] According to The Guardian, Dorris was able to produce the U.S. Open ticket and several photos showing her with Trump over several days in New York. The Guardian reported that she allegedly had told people about this contemporaneously, but according to the outlet, Trump’s lawyers say Binn told them Dorris has not told him that anything inappropriate had happened with Trump or that she felt uncomfortable around him. [...] The president's lawyers also pointed out that Dorris kept spending time with Trump, even after the alleged incident. Dorris now says it's because she was a guest of her boyfriend's in New York and had "no money" and "nowhere to go."
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-09-09): The former president had entered the hotel ballroom as he does at his signature rallies, standing and soaking up applause and chants of "Trump! Trump!" as Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA boomed from loudspeakers.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2019-09-18): President Donald Trump retweeted a post by comedian Terrence K. Williams that wrongly purports to show Rep. Ilhan Omar "partying" and "celebrating" on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The video was actually from a Congressional Black Caucus event on Sept. 13. [...] The video of Omar dancing was originally posted by Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. A tweet from BoldProgressives.org confirmed the video was posted by Green from a CBC event on Sept. 13, and called Trump’s tweet "an abhorrent lie." Our co-founder @AdamGreen posted this video from a CBC event on Sept 13, and @IlhanMN retweeted it. Today @realDonaldTrump tweeted that she "partied on the anniversary of 9/11." This is an abhorrent lie that endangers a Member of Congress. Twitter must remove Trump's Tweet now. https://t.co/zzeb1dXTzc — BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive) September 18, 2019
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-08-14): "This is America’s border tsar," a narrator said, over images of the vice-president dancing, "and she’s failed us."
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-13): Supposed photo of Trump dancing with a girl on Jeffrey Epstein’s island appears fabricated [...] But an image supposedly showing Trump "at Epstein’s private island dancing with a 13-year-old girl" appears to be fabricated. [...] But we couldn’t find any such context for this image, nor any older appearances of the photo aside from this recent meme, which has overlaying text that reads: "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein’s private island dancing with a 13-year-old. Trump was in his 50’s when this was taken. What kind of man does that?"
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Numerous other videos with similar claims have also gained millions of views.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made baseless claims that American schools are clandestinely performing gender-affirming surgeries on children.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2020-11-17): Ivanka and I hung out occasionally at first. I got a last-minute invite to her 13th birthday party, where about 15 of us caravanned to Atlantic City in a trio of limos and camped out in the penthouse suite of the Taj Mahal for the weekend under the supervision of two wary members of her dad’s security team. She called me to pose in a photo spread for Sassy magazine because none of her usual group was available. I remember swinging by her dad’s office at Trump Tower so she could borrow his credit card to go shopping. When we were not in our uniforms, the look was baby tees and Carpenters from Urban Outfitters; floral, boudoir numbers from Betsey Johnson for the interschool Goddard Gaieties dances, or the sixth floor of Barneys if we were splurging.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-08-13): The beats go on: Trump keeps dancing as artists get outraged over his use of their songs Former president Donald Trump continues to be threatened with lawsuits and cease-and-desist notices due to the Republican presidential nominee using copyright protected songs at rallies. The Village People's "YMCA" can be heard blaring at Donald Trump's rallies causing attendees to dance. Still, while the disco group has not voiced irritation for using their hit song, other artists have not been shy about condemning their music being played on the former president's 2024 campaign trail.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2020-05-16): A single member of parliament appeared to suggest Gates should be arrested. There is no evidence that the entire Italian Parliament supports such a move.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2020-05-26): The headline of an article shared on Facebook claims the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. [...] The website Live 24 published the article with the headline "Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest Of Bill Gates" on May 15. Yet, while the headline suggested the entire Italian legislative branch called for his arrest, the actual article only mentions one member of parliament suggesting such a move. "Sara Cunial who is a member of the Italian Parliament has delivered a controversial speed (sic) where she is calling for the arrest of Bill Gates," reads the opening line. (RELATED: ‘Our Only Hope Remains Up In The Sky’ – Did Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Say This Quote About Coronavirus?)
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-08-02): On Aug. 1, 2021, the website Real Raw News published a story claiming that "The U.S. military … arrested Microsoft founder Bill Gates, charging the socially awkward misfit with child trafficking and other unspeakable crimes against America and its people." This claim is not true — it originated with a website whose other top stories include the headlines "Military Executes Tom Hanks," "Navy SEALS Arrest Hillary Clinton," "Military Tribunal Convicts Bill Clinton," and "Military Convicts William Barr." [...] Indeed, this story, which alleges that the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps for some reason has been investigating Gates, who is not a member of the U.S Navy, for a litany crimes related to his funding of COVID-19 vaccines and also child sex trafficking, is not true. Two days after his alleged arrest on July 27, Gates was still free to pursue typical billionaire activities, including the support of equestrian sports: Because the claim that Gates has been arrested by a military tribunal stem from a website that is satirical in nature, we rate it as "Originated as Satire."
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, had a few run-ins with the law in his younger days, including one that led to an infamous mugshot that continues to haunt the internet today. [...] Gates himself addressed the arrest that led to that mugshot in an interview with Time Magazine in 2007: [...] Given that Gates himself and The Associated Press both addressed the circumstances of the arrest, we rate this claim as "True."
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-05-17): Microsoft founder, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world with a net worth of $128.3 billion as of Monday morning, according to Forbes’ real-time list of global billionaires. [...] But the recent announcement caused new scrutiny of Mr Gates in regards to his workplace conduct. [...] 2019 - Microsoft board of directors open investigation into Mr Gates
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-05-17): Bill Gates left Microsoft amid affair investigation Microsoft was investigating its co-founder Bill Gates over a 20-year-old affair shortly before he stepped down from the company's board last year. [...] He co-founded Microsoft - now the world's biggest software company - in the 1970s and remained full-time at the firm until 2008.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-03-23): Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was the focus of speculation online this week after the headline of a news story appeared to suggest he had been arrested in Nebraska. [...] A handful of Fark users jokingly linked the Microsoft co-founder to the arrest. One user wrote: "Fend off a knife attack or reinstall Windows ME?," making reference to the operating system released in 2000, also known as Windows Millennium Edition. [...] Billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates was not arrested regarding the incident in Nebraska. A man named Willie Gates Jr. was detained by officers from the Lincoln Police Department on March 9, 2021, and is facing multiple charges.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-06-29): Protesters in London called for Bill Gates to be arrested on Saturday as they gathered outside the U.K. headquarters of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of a larger protest against COVID-19 lockdown measures. Videos circulating on social media on Tuesday appeared to show dozens of protesters outside the Gates Foundation's HQ in the British capital. They can be heard shouting "Arrest Bill Gates!" several times. Other social media users who were present at the protest also said demonstrators had been to the foundation's HQ on Saturday. [...] The protesters shout "Arrest Bill Gates!" repeatedly though it is not immediately clear what crime the crowd may be accusing him of. However, Gates has become a magnet for conspiracy theories in relation to the pandemic.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2023-05-10): Social media posts make the unfounded claim that the Heinous Crimes Court in the Philippines issued a warrant for Bill Gates’ arrest for "‘premeditated murder’ linked to vaccine roll out." That court no longer exists, and a spokesperson for Gates told us there is no warrant for his arrest. [...] Now posts on social media falsely claim that a Philippine court, the Heinous Crimes Court, has issued a warrant for Gates’ arrest for "premeditated murder." [...] A spokesperson for Bill Gates told us in an email, "The claim that a court in the Philippines has issued an international arrest warrant for Bill Gates due to the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out is false."
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Article 68 lays down the principles of immunity (insindacabilità) and inviolability (inviolabilità), stating that "the members of parliament cannot be called to account for the opinions they express or the votes that they cast in the exercise of their functions" and that "without the permission of the chamber to which they belong, no member of parliament can be subjected to a body search or a search of their home, nor can they be arrested or otherwise stripped of their personal freedom, or imprisoned, except in the execution of a final court judgement or if caught in the act of a crime for which it is compulsory to arrest someone caught in the act. An analogous standard is required in order to put members of parliament under any form of surveillance." Neither immunity nor inviolability are prerogatives of individual parliamentarians; they are intended to protect the free exercise of Parliament's functions against judicial interference, which occurred in earlier regimes when the judiciary was under Government control and was not autonomous.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2020-05-15): "Italian Parliament calls for the arrest of Bill Gates," reads the headline. [...] A single member of the Italian Parliament, Sara Cunial, made a speech in which she called for Gates’ arrest. But there is no evidence that Cunial’s speech was supported by the entire Italian Parliament. [...] Snopes.com, "Is Italy Calling for Bill Gates’ Arrest?" May 18, 2020
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2021-04-27): Italian Government call for arrest of Bill Gates [...] Italian MP Sara Cunial, an anti-vaxxer, lambasted Gates in the Parliament, drawing on familiar conspiracies about the billionaire philanthropist. Cunial said Italian President Sergio Mattarella should refer Gates to "the International Criminal Court." [...] An Italian lawmaker has managed to bring the conspiracy blame-game to an entirely new level, exercising her parliamentary privilege to blast Bill Gates as a "vaccine criminal" and globalist tool.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2020-05-26): The blog is titled 'Italian Parliamentarian Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates' "Sara Cunial who is a member of the Italian Parliament has delivered a controversial speech where she is calling for the arrest of Bill Gates. Her speech was recorded and the video was later loaded on Youtube and is making rounds on social platforms," reads the article. [...] Italy is calling for Bill Gates' arrest.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2020-05-18): In May 2020, a video started to circulate online that supposedly showed an Italian politician calling for the arrest of Bill Gates, the former Microsoft CEO who has been at the center of several conspiracy theories due to his foundation's work to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic. This video was frequently shared on social media with the caption, "Italian Government call for arrest of Bill Gates": This is a genuine video of an Italian politician calling for Gates' arrest. However, a single politician's opinion does not equate to the entire Italian government calling for action. In fact, this view has been condemned by Italian government officials (you can hear this politician being told "enough" and to be quiet during the video). [...] In sum, it is true that an Italian politician spouted a number of conspiracy theories and called for the arrest of Gates during an address to Parliament. However, this viewpoint was not widely endorsed by the Italian government.
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2022-08-31): "Italian parliament calls for the arrest of Bill Gates," reads the headline of a 15 May 2020 article on the South African website Live24. "Sara Cunial who is a member of the Italian parliament has delivered a controversial [speech] where she is calling for the arrest of Bill Gates … in her speech Cunial denounced all the lies surrounding the plan to combat Covid-19," the article says. [...] While poorly written and confusing, the Live 24 article in fact doesn’t make the claim that the Italian parliament has called for Gates’s arrest. It reports on Cunial’s speech. But its headline is false. – Africa Check
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2012-02-09): This news is very disconcerting, particularly given the recent law passed in the UK greatly restricting Britons' rights of assembly, not to mention other Parliament actions to negate the right of silence at arrest and broaden police search and seizure authority, as well as statements by UK
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
Evidence (2024-01-01): parishes can’t be sold to pay victimsHomeland Security: U.S. not ready for disastersU.S. Catholic leaders approve changes in prayerStudy: Housing bubble likely to deflate slowlyAmazon selling groceriesIndustry veteran sees star rise at MicrosoftFather's Day for the Senate's ‘Legacy Caucus’Timeline: Key events in Bill Gates' lifeKiller heroin: Users die for the highGuantanamo media access ends after suicidesU.S. Army puts Iraqi army to the testU.S., Russia to begin dialogue on securityVirtually famousBad girl interruptedTyra proves she's bankableThe world's most powerful celebritiesHouse lawmakers strip Jefferson of panel seatMigraine linked to higher sex drivesSeparation of powers showdown FridayE-mail us: How will Bill Gates' decision change Microsoft?Britain offers to imprison ex-Liberian leaderWill Bill Gates' decision to step aside hurt the future of Microsoft?Militant cleric assails Bush, Australia’s HowardFact file: New lineup at MicrosoftMom who left baby in bathroom given life in jailHooters to pay for FEMA relief champagneMost believe aging brings unhappinessBill Gates to transition away from MicrosoftSuitcase funds unlikely to relieve Hamas debtCadaver tissue poses growing risk to the livingMine safety overhaul bill signed into lawArkansas defends ban on gay foster parentsSenate panel approves flag amendmentColorado court allows 15-year-old girls to marryAmerican Revolution flags sell for $17.4 millionColorado drought crippling ranchersIce cream peddler sentenced
Claim: the Italian Parliament has called for the arrest of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Viral article, 2020-05-16)
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