Claim: Facebook posts featuring a black-and-white photo of a man about to be hanged have been shared several thousand times alongside captions claiming that the person in the photo is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's great-great-uncle, a train robber and horse thief. The claim is false and the same photo was used in posts tying former PM Stephen Harper, as well as a variety of other politicians, to the outlaw.
Fact-check: Trudeau is latest target of train robbing uncle hoax
Verdict: trudeau is latest target of train robbing uncle hoax
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09