PolitiFact - Fake statement attributed to Donald Trump about Kevin McCarthy emerges amid flurry of arrest posts

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PolitiFact - Fake statement attributed to Donald Trump about Kevin McCarthy emerges amid flurry of arrest posts
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A fake statement from former President Donald Trump emerged amid a flurry of real posts about his possible arrest. There’s no evidence he threatened House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

escribed as a"witch hunt." But after he made that announcement on his social media platform Truth Social, a different statement about a"witch hunt" started to circulate online.

"If Kevin McCarthy doesn’t end these investigations immediately, I will direct my supporters in Congress to vote to end his speakership and I will have no choice but to leak some ‘interesting videos’ I took of him at Mar-a-Lago!" read what looked like a statement from Trump, replete with his Save America letterhead and delivered in all caps."End the witch hunt now!"

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