Fox Cropped Trump Out of Epstein Photo
The Claim
Fox News cropped President Donald Trump out of a photo it broadcasted of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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A claim is being heavily circulated that Fox News has cropped out President Donald Trump from a picture of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, while Melania is still shown in the photo.
Thıs comes at the same time as extensive coverage about Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of grooming underage victims for sexual abuse by the disgraced US financier and accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell will appear this week in a New York court after being arrested by the FBI.
Fox News cropped Donald Trump out of a photo it broadcast of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Melania. (Fox News screencap on left; original photo on right -- h/t to @ScottSCroker) pic.twitter.com/TVc7nTUvde
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 5, 2020
Yesterday, Fox News cropped Donald Trump out of a photograph of Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pic.twitter.com/KbYMga7lTy
— The Hardy Report Podcast (@EdwardTHardy) July 6, 2020
Fox News ran a segment about Ghislaine Maxwell, who was charged last week with the sex trafficking of children The clip featured a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell with the image of President Trump cropped out. #FoxNews claimed it was a mistake
— THE BLACK SALTIRE#FBSI (@80_mcswan) July 6, 2020
Aye right!
Fox News cropped Donald #Trump out of a photo it broadcast of Jeffrey #Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Melania pic.twitter.com/xTvCBVsVjc
— AS-Source News (@ASB_Breaking) July 6, 2020
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar's investigation concluded that the claim is true. Fox News did crop out President Trump from a picture of him with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislane Maxwell, and Melania Trump.
According to Oliver Darcy's report on CNN, Fox News said that the report "mistakenly eliminated President Donald Trump" from the photo. The network also expressed regret and apology according to reports.
Epstein died of suicide last August while awaiting trial. He appears with his alleged accomplice Maxwell, in addition to Donald Trump and his wife Melania, in the photo. The photo was taken by Davidoff Studios of Getty Image at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 12, 2000.
