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stated on September 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Three minutes ago Trump cries after losing everything after new evidence exposed.”

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Television crews park outside federal court Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in Washington. Former President Donald Trump has been charged by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP)
Ciara O'Rourke
By Ciara O'Rourke
September 29, 2023

Clickbait post promises former President Donald Trump crying ‘after losing everything.’ That doesn’t

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  • This claim is unfounded. 

See the sources for this fact-check

How quickly do you like your breaking news to break? 

A Sept. 26 Instagram post  claimed to show evidence of former President Donald Trump breaking down mere minutes after the fact. 

“Three minutes ago Trump cries after losing everything after new evidence exposed,” the post said. 

But the video the post was describing showed no such thing.

It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

The video is footage of the Fox News show “Jesse Watters Primetime” in which the eponymous host criticizes Democrats, not Trump.

Trump is mired in multiple criminal cases. But we found no news reports or other credible evidence to support the claim that he cried “after losing everything” because of new evidence in any of those cases. 

We rate this post False.

 
Our Sources

Facebook post, Sept. 26, 2023

Politico, Tracking the Trump criminal cases, updated Aug. 16, 2023

 

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