An image of former US President Barack Obama with a girl and a dead girl tied up with tape in a box has been shared, with the claim that Obama raped a young girl was leaked. It features an image of the same young girl taken from a big carton after she was kidnapped and sold for sex.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Matt Wallace (“@MattWallace888“) tweeted “How many times did Obama visit Epstein island?” after sharing the picture on X. The tweet was made on Jan 10, 2024, which has received an about 2.1M views on X.
How many times did Obama visit Epstein island? pic.twitter.com/kiuWQncyhe
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) January 9, 2024
Several other accounts, including @abdullah113438, @doc_mahmoudsaad also made the same claim that the picture of former US President Barack Obama shows Obama raped the young girl. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The fact is that the other girl with Barack Obama is his niece, and in 2015, the girl in the box was shared with the claim that she was from Malaysia.
We visited Wikimedia which shows the original picture of Barack Obama and his niece. It was posted with the headline ” File:Barack Obama snuggles with his niece Savita Ng.jpg”.
The picture of the girl in a big carton was shared in an article on October 5, 2015 with the headline “The True Story of a Girl Found Dead Tied in a Box”. It is a different image and has nothing to do with the image of Barack Obama with his niece.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: An image of former US president Barack Obama with a girl and a dead girl tied up with tape in a box have been shared claiming that news of former US President Obama raping a young girl was leaked. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/VCWqT1Ac81
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating unrelated images with false claims to target the former US president Barack Obama. The truth is that in 2015, the girl in the box was shared with the claim to be from Malaysia, and the other girl with Barack Obama is his niece.
Conclusion:
Claim : Allegations have been made about the former US president Barack Obama raping a young girl, based on an image of him with a girl and a dead girl bound with tape inside a box. It has a picture of the same little girl when she was taken out of a large carton after she was kidnapped and sold for sex.
Fact : The fact is that the girl in box was shared claiming to be from Malaysia in 2015 and another girl with Barack Obama is his niece.
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