Debunking Fake Claims: Biden, FOIA, and Social Media Misinformation

Fact-check reveals false claims about Biden's White House Oval Office access post-election on X & Facebook, linked to a dubious Vietnamese website lacking genuine info. Actual Biden White House announcements confirmed, disproving a popular FOIA logs claim.

The X account reposted and shared over 100 articles simply April 22; including claims about Rep. Illhan Omar, D-Minn., having “$ 30 million contributed to her network by crash,” viral videos of animals, or AI-generated content and messages sustaining the passing away of the Save America Act.

Dubious Social Media Claims & Websites Exposed

Facebook posts sharing the claim concerning Biden called users to click a web link to the “complete story.” There are hints that the website, called “New and Tips,” is not genuine. The story regarding Biden has a byline that claims “Charlotte Liam,” yet there’s no info or image concerning he or she as soon as you click the name.

Biden’s Verified White House Engagements

Biden additionally made various other announcements from the White Home. On Nov. 26, 2024, he revealed an Israel-Hezbollah stop fire from the Rose Yard, and offered an update on the Syrian civil battle on Dec. 8, 2024 at the White Home’s Roosevelt Space.

The web site also does not have an “Around” web page or any other page besides the primary one. The write-ups’ publication month aren’t created in English, Google Translate reveals that for the Biden article, “April” is created in Vietnamese. Other components of the web site likewise have Vietnamese message, such as the search bar, which says, “Tìm kiếm,” which implies “search.”.

Investigating Oval Office FOIA Log Claims

An April 21 X message revealing a picture of Biden looking down reads, “Newly launched FOIA door logs show that former Head of state Joe Biden really did not enter the Oval Office when after the 2024 political election. He was head of state for one more 75 days.”

We discovered a 1993 FOIA memo on White Residence demands from the Justice Department that claimed “the components of the Exec Office of the Head of state that are referred to as the ‘White House Office’ are not subject to the FOIA; particular other parts of the Executive Office of the Head of state are.”

The X account that shared the news of the supposed release of the FOIA door logs provides no information regarding these logs, such as who requested them or where they are published. We also located no reputable news reports about these logs.

The blog post with over 249,000 views as of April 22 said that throughout that time previous Head of state Barack Obama, billionaire philanthropist George Soros, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ran the nation.