{"id":563559,"date":"2021-06-14T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563559"},"modified":"2021-06-14T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:36:23","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-fauci-didnt-epstein-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-fauci-didnt-epstein-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Tweet, \u2018Fauci Didn\u2019t Epstein Himself\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-fauci-didnt-epstein-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jared.dindoonuffin.1\/posts\/908704586653484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows former President Donald Trump tweeting, \u201cFauci didn\u2019t Epstein himself!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7213689\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7213689\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7213689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM.jpg 2550w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM-282x93.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM-620x204-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM-768x252-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM-1535x504-1.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM-2048x673-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2550px) 100vw, 2550px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7213689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Trump ever tweeted the statement. The tweet appears to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jared.dindoonuffin.1\/posts\/908704586653484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shows what looks like a screen grab of an undated tweet from Trump that references both Dr. Anthony Fauci, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaid.nih.gov\/about\/director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">director<\/a> of the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases, and Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier who died of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/10\/30\/pathologist-questions-whether-jeffrey-epstein-died-suicide\/4096618002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apparent suicide<\/a> in 2019 while awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Trump sending the tweet. While Twitter did <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanently suspend<\/a> his account, @realDonaldTrump, in early January, a searchable database of his tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/factba.se\/biden\/topic\/twitter?q=Fauci%2Bdidn%27t%2Bkill%2Bhimself&#038;f=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remains available<\/a> on Factba.se. <a href=\"https:\/\/factba.se\/biden\/topic\/twitter?q=Fauci%2Bdidn%27t%2Bkill%2Bhimself&#038;f=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No such tweet<\/a> appears in Factba.se\u2019s database. ProPublica\u2019s archive of Trump\u2019s deleted tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not show<\/a> him tweeting and subsequently deleting it.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Trump+tweet+Fauci+didn%27t+kill+himself&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Trump+&#038;aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j0i131i433j69i57j69i59j0i131i433j0i433l2j0i131i433.1141j0j15&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn\u2019t find<\/a> any local or national media coverage about Trump tweeting such a statement prior to his Twitter suspension. The tweet appears to have been fabricated. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/11\/26\/fact-check-donald-trump-tweet-leave-country-joe-biden-wins\/\">(RELATED: Did Donald Trump Tweet That He Would \u2018Leave The Country\u2019 If Joe Biden Wins?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fake Trump tweet circulated after troves of Fauci\u2019s emails from the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/interactive\/2021\/tony-fauci-emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/nataliebettendorf\/fauci-emails-covid-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuzzFeed News<\/a> through the Freedom of Information Act. BuzzFeed News obtained emails from January to June 2020, while The Washington Post obtained emails from March and April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time social media users have shared a fake Trump tweet. In December 2020, Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/12\/22\/fact-check-donald-trump-tweet-declared-martial-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a viral claim that alleged he sent a tweet reading in part, \u201cUnder the Insurrection Act I have declared Martial Law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows former President Donald Trump tweeting, \u201cFauci didn\u2019t Epstein himself!\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280242,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Tweet, \u2018Fauci Didn\u2019t Epstein Himself\u2019?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-14-at-2.44.22-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Tweet, \u2018Fauci Didn\u2019t Epstein Himself\u2019?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}