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Claim: “Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-04)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Please reject this fake news story about Denzel Washington rebuffing ‘woke’ Robert De Niro [...] "Breaking: Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro," a June 4 Facebook post said. "‘He’s a creepy old man.’" [...] Searching for credible news reports about Washington and De Niro, we found nothing that reflected a scuttled deal such as the one described here.
Claim: “Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-04)
Evidence (2017-05-16): But just when it seemed The Irishman wouldn't be made, that even a Scorsese gangster movie with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino was now too much of a risk for Hollywood, it was rescued. It was bought - worldwide rights and all, for a fee rumoured to be approaching $100m - by Netflix.
Claim: “Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-04)
Evidence (2024-06-28): In a recent turn of events that has left Hollywood in a state of shock and contemplation, Denzel Washington, a figure synonymous with integrity and talent in the film industry, has made headlines by rejecting a colossal $100 million offer from Disney. This decision was not driven by scheduling conflicts or artistic differences, but by a personal stance against co-starring with the legendary Robert De Niro, whom Washington described as a "creepy old man." This revelation first emerged from the notorious gossip blog "Hollywood Whispers" and has since been corroborated by various sources close to Washington. The proposed project, veiled in secrecy but speculated to be a dramatic thriller, would have marked the first cinematic union of these two titans of the screen. However, Washington’s unexpected refusal, rooted in his personal perceptions of De Niro, has thrown a wrench into what many anticipated to be a landmark collaboration in film history. Washington’s candid reasoning, as reported in "Celebrity Scoop" magazine, reflects a profound sense of personal ethics that overshadows the lure of fame and fortune. His refusal to collaborate with De Niro, whom he respects professionally, underscores a complex dilemma between professional admiration and personal discomfort. Washington’s choice highlights a rare instance where moral considerations take precedence over a potentially career-defining opportunity.
Claim: “Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-04)
Evidence (2024-06-03): Denzel Washington Turns Down Disney’s $100 Million Offer to Work with Robert De Niro Citing "He’s A Creepy Old Man" In a plot twist that could rival a Hollywood blockbuster, esteemed actor Denzel Washington has reportedly turned down a jaw-dropping $100 million offer from Disney to share the screen with legendary actor Robert De Niro. The reason behind his refusal? In Washington’s own words, "He’s a creepy old man." [...] The fallout from Washington’s decision has been far-reaching. Fans of both actors have taken to social media to voice their opinions, with some applauding Washington for his integrity, while others express disappointment at the loss of what could have been a cinematic masterpiece. "Denzel and De Niro together would have been epic," tweeted one fan. "Hollywood politics ruins everything," lamented another.
Claim: “Denzel Washington rejects $100 million Disney offer to work with ‘woke’ Robert De Niro.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-04)
Evidence (2024-06-03): Tom Hanks declined to collaborate with Rob Reiner, saying, "I Don’t Work With Too Many Woke People."
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-03): Former President Donald Trump hasn’t been sentenced following his recent Manhattan falsified documents trial. Sentencing is scheduled for July 11. Will Scharf, Trump’s lawyer, said Trump will cooperate with the presentence investigation.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Former President Donald Trump's pre-sentencing interview with the New York probation office took place virtually on Monday, a source familiar with the proceedings confirmed. [...] The report compiled by the probation officer included information about Trump's crimes, his personal history and criminal record. A unanimous jury found Trump guilty on May 30 of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a scheme to cover up reimbursements for a "hush money" payment to an adult film star in 2016, part of an effort to prevent voters that year from hearing her story. [...] The report normally includes a recommendation for sentencing, as well as information from the defendant and his attorney designed to persuade the judge toward leniency. Trump will be sentenced next month, on July 11.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-09): Former President Donald Trump is scheduled for a pre-sentencing interview with a probation officer Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, according to a Trump campaign official and two sources familiar with the matter. [...] Monday’s routine pre-sentencing interview, which was first reported by NBC News, will form part of the report the probation department will submit to Judge Juan Merchan to help decide Trump’s punishment ahead of his sentencing, set for July 11. [...] Prosecutors have never sought to remand Trump into custody, so the former president is free as he awaits sentencing.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Trump Virtual Interview With Probation Office Was 30 Minutes (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump was interviewed Monday by a New York probation officer whose sentencing report will help a judge decide how much time, if any, the former president will spend behind bars for falsifying business records, according to a person familiar with the matter. [...] Trump, 77, is scheduled to be sentenced July 11 after becoming the first former US president to be found guilty of a crime in a case brought last year by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump faces as long as four years in prison, though legal experts expect he’ll serve far less than that and may get probation only, due to his age and his status as a first-time offender. [...] Justice Juan Merchan, who oversaw the hush-money case, will use the probation report to help decide on the sentence. Trump’s lawyers, as well as prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will submit separate sentencing recommendations. It’ll be up to Merchan to decide how much weight to give each recommendation.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Threads posts stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post: The Associated Press reported "prosecutors are reconsidering bringing charges against former President Donald J. Trump on child rape and molestation charges." Threads posts stated on June 3, 2024 in a Threads post: Former President Donald Trump "blew off his post-sentencing probation report." Viral image stated on June 1, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows former President Donald Trump’s probation officer. Viral image stated on June 1, 2024 in an Instagram post: Fox News reported on Taco Bell instead of former President Donald Trump’s conviction. Viral image stated on May 30, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows former President Donald Trump in police custody May 30. Threads posts stated on May 3, 2024 in a Threads post: "Truth Social is shut down, no longer operable." Viral image stated on May 7, 2024 in a Threads post: Stormy Daniels said former President Donald Trump yelled, "I’m yuge! I’m the greatest," before falling asleep. Threads posts stated on May 1, 2024 in a Threads post: "Donald Trump wants to build an ‘iron dome’ at the border of our country to ‘defend us’ from Canada." [...] Threads posts stated on June 3, 2024 in a Threads post: Former President Donald Trump "blew off his post-sentencing probation report." Viral image stated on June 1, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows former President Donald Trump’s probation officer.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Donald Trump met with his probation officer on Monday following his conviction late last month on 34 felonies for crimes he committed to help boost his election chances when he first ran for president in 2016. The presumptive Republican nominee for president sat for his pre-sentencing probation interview from Mar-a-Lago alongside his attorney Todd Blanche. A female probation officer interviewed him over a special virtual network with added security measures. Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the hush-money trial, allowed the interview to be virtual and for Blanche to be present, following no objection from prosecutors. Probation interviews are required by court as part of a pre-sentencing report, and are usually conducted in person with the defendant alone. Then again, the defendant is usually not a former president.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Former President Donald Trump attended a pre-sentencing hearing Mondaywith a New York probation officer, a standard procedure for defendants found guilty in criminal cases prior to being sentenced by a judge. This is Yahoo News' succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments. [...] Trump was interviewed virtually from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida today by a New York probation officer, with the interview lasting less than 30 minutes. The former president was accompanied by Todd Blanche, the lead lawyer in his New York criminal trial, which resulted in guilty verdicts on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The interview's findings will be submitted to Judge Juan Merchan to help him decide what punishment he will hand down to the former president and current presumptive Republican presidential nominee on July 11. [...] While Trump is one of the most famous defendants in U.S. history, the purpose of the pre-sentencing interview is to gather information about a defendant’s prior criminal history and other factors, such as health information, that Merchan could consider before handing down his punishment.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Former President Donald Trump completed his pre-sentencing interview with the New York City Department of Probation on Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, a source familiar with the proceedings told CNN. "Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Office. The interview was uneventful and lasted less than thirty minutes," the source said, adding, "The President and his team will continue to fight the lawless Manhattan DA Witch Hunt." [...] The meeting forms part of the report the probation department will submit to Judge Juan Merchan to help decide Trump’s punishment ahead of his sentencing, set for 10 a.m. on July 11. Merchan could sentence the presumptive GOP presidential nominee to probation or up to four years in state prison on each count, with a maximum of 20 years.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-05-31): Former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsified business records — and he faces sentencing in July. New York Judge Juan Merchan scheduled the sentencing hearing for July 11, just days before Trump is expected to be selected as the Republican Party presidential nominee in Milwaukee, Wis. The verdict, handed down Thursday by a 12-person jury, marked the first time in U.S. history that a former or sitting president was convicted of crimes. [...] Trump will remain out of prison until his sentencing hearing; prosecutors did not ask him to post a bond. But both parties, the prosecutors and the defense, have until June 13 to file pre-sentencing motions, which are memos detailing what they think the punishment should be. Trump will also meet with a probation officer for a pre-sentencing report.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-14): Trump’s fettered status will be driven home today when he has his first command performance as a convict, an interview with the probation office that can cover any number of factors for consideration in the office’s sentencing recommendation. [...] Probation officials are likely to emphasize Trump’s incorrigibility in the report they provide to Justice Juan Merchan, who has a reputation of being tough on white-collar offenders. Personally, I don’t think Trump will serve prison time in 2024 for this particular conviction. If Merchan does impose a sentence of jail followed by probation, my guess is he will then stay the sentence to permit Trump to pursue his one mandatory appeal. Many factors will weigh in favor of a prison sentence at some point, including the 10 violations of Merchan’s gag order, the recent criminal conviction of the Trump Organization, and possibly the finding in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trials that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll (which Trump continues to deny). [...] Once he becomes a probationer, Trump, who all his life has acted as if the rules don’t apply to him, would exist in a "pretty please" world, subject to the ultimate discretion of a judge whom he has trashed ceaselessly and in vile terms.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Analyst: How Trump's probation interview differs from other defendants CNN'S Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller provides an in-depth analysis of the unusual circumstances surrounding former President Donald Trump's pre-sentencing interview with a probation officer.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Donald Trump has had a probation interview as part of the sentencing process for his criminal conviction in the New York hush-money case. [...] It would be too disruptive for the former president to come to the probation office in New York City, said former New York Supreme Court Judge Diane Kiesel. [...] The probation officer probably asked Trump to talk about the crime he was convicted of, Ms Kiesel said.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-12): With sentencing in July, Trump could not have skipped post-sentencing report | Fact check The claim: Donald Trump ‘blew off his post-sentencing probation report’ [...] "Trump blew off his post-sentencing probation report," the post reads. "An ordinary felon would be slammed in jail for that. He ran when he discovered there was a drug test involved."
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-03): No, former President Donald Trump didn’t ‘blow off his post-sentencing probation report’ [...] "Trump blew off his post-sentencing probation report," the June 3 Threads post said. "An ordinary felon would be slammed in jail for that. He ran when he discovered there was a drug test involved." [...] We rate claims Trump "blew off his post-sentencing probation report" False.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-09): Speaking to Newsweek, Todd Landman, a professor of political science at Nottingham University in the U.K., said it was "unlikely" the party "will deny" Trump the nomination after sentencing. "The sentencing date has been set by the court, where the sentencing decision itself will reflect the guidance in the law, and which will take into account the initial probation report and the relative contrition of Mr. Trump," he said. "I understand that Mr Trump has not presented himself for the initial probation interview and he has been publicly highly critical of the conviction, both of which signal a lack of contrition or remorse. Polling since the verdict has shown a softening of support among independent voters and criticism from Mr. Trump's most ardent supporters. Some members of the Republican Party have publicly stated that he should stand down as a candidate, which at this stage is highly unlikely. The sentencing date comes days before the RNC Convention, where again it is unlikely the party will deny him the nomination. Mr. Trump will appeal the decision, but the legal process involved means that any final decision from appeal will likely not be known until after the election. Thus, regardless of the sentence that is issued or even when it is issued, Mr. Trump will be a convicted felon at the time of his nomination and throughout the rest of the campaign."
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-01): The process includes gathering Trump’s prior criminal history — which is none — employment history and economic status. If available, state law also requires the report to include findings about a defendant’s "physical and mental condition." [...] Trump’s legal team has already signaled they don’t believe the former president should be incarcerated, which would be a rare punishment for a first-time offender convicted on charges of falsifying business records in New York. [...] The former president’s conviction does not prevent him from running for president again — or, from retaking the White House in November should he win the election. His sentencing date is scheduled only four days before the Republican National Convention, where he’ll be formally made the party’s nominee.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Donald Trump is drawing criticism over his Monday probation interview, with some arguing that he's getting "special" treatment for the presentencing procedure. Accompanied by his attorney Todd Blanche, Trump will sit for a virtual interview from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida with a New York City probation officer as part of the sentencing process related to his criminal conviction last month. On May 30, a Manhattan jury found the former president guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case, which involved a payment to an adult film actress just before the 2016 election. [...] After the probation officer obtains information on Trump's social, financial, criminal and mental health history, the officer will write a report to Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw the trial and is scheduled to sentence Trump on July 11. That's just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to be nominated.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-05-31): Former President Donald Trump said he was going to hold a "press conference" on Friday in the wake of his Thursday conviction in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records. Instead, Trump delivered a rambling monologue that was filled with false claims on subjects ranging from the Manhattan trial to immigration to tax policy.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-06-01): Moments after those 34 "guilties" rolled in on Thursday — making him the first former president convicted of a felony — Donald Trump was handed two copies of a standard New York City Department of Probation form. [...] "If he wants to show remorse, then certainly the probation report is a good place to start doing that," he added. "But Donald Trump has not shown remorse and insists everybody else are the wrongdoers." [...] "It would piss the judge off to no end," Rodriguez predicted of Trump failing to submit to a pre-sentencing investigation, especially given his history of gag order violations and disruptive courtroom behavior.
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2023-08-01): A unanimous Manhattan jury on May 30 found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. It’s unclear how this conviction could affect the presidential race but, no matter what happens, Trump is still allowed to run for president. [...] Fact-check: No, former President Donald Trump didn’t ‘blow off his post-sentencing probation report’ - [...] Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment - Q&A: Can Trump run for president if indicted in Stormy Daniels case? What happens if he's arrested?
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-05-31): What comes next after Trump's guilty verdict - Former President Donald Trump lashed out at New York state Judge Juan Merchan, prosecutors and the verdict in the hush money trial at a news conference at Trump Tower this morning. [...] In response to Trump's remarks slamming the verdict, President Joe Biden's campaign spokesperson, Michael Tyler, said in a statement that Trump "cannot be president of the United States." [...] ‘These are bad people’: Trump unloads after his historic guilty verdict
Claim: Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.” (Threads posts, 2024-06-03)
Evidence (2024-07-03): In a major reprieve for former President Donald Trump, sentencing for his hush money convictions was postponed Tuesday until at least September — if ever — as the judge agreed to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11, just before the Republicans’ nominating convention, on his New York convictions on felony charges of falsifying business records. He denies any wrongdoing. [...] Falsifying business records is punishable by up to four years behind bars. Other potential sentences include probation, a fine or a conditional discharge which would require Trump to stay out of trouble to avoid additional punishment. Trump is the first ex-president convicted of a crime.