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Washington (AFP) - Federal prosecutors indicted a US congressman Friday on bribery and money laundering charges connected to a bank in Mexico and an energy company owned by Azerbaijan. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, accepted around $600,000 in exchange for advancing the interests of the bank and the former Soviet Republic over seven years through at least November 2021, according to the indictment. "In exchange for the bribes paid by the Azerbaijani oil and gas company, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to use his office to influence US foreign policy in favor of Azerbaijan" the Depa...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video purporting to show Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) leader Subhashini Ali praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and calling him a "beacon of peace" while criticising Rahul Gandhi is viral online. BOOM found that the video misidentifies the elderly lady in the viral video as Subhashini Ali. Ali has clarified on her X handle that she did not make any such comments. In the video, the lady is seen in an interview by local news channel 99 Khabar. She talks about how Rahul Gandhi does not have any knowledge about politics and that if one wants to save India, they sh...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A photo purporting to show a press release by the Congress party officially declaring the names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party's Lok Sabha candidates for Raebareli and Amethi is viral. Fact: BOOM found that no such press release was put out by the party on April 30, 2024, declaring the candidates for these two seats. We reviewed the Congress Party's official X handle and found one press release released on May 3, 2024. It mentioned that Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Raebareli. However, there is no mention of Priyanka Gandhi. Instead...
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Washington (AFP) - An extreme right-wing US lawmaker said Wednesday that she plans to introduce a motion next week to oust Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, for backing new aid for Ukraine. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand Republican congresswoman from Georgia and supporter of former president Donald Trump, accused Johnson of "betrayal." "Mike Johnson fully joined the disgusting business model of Washington DC to fund forever wars," Greene told reporters. "So next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate." Johnson, in a statement, dismissed he...
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By Srijit Das A cropped video of West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is circulating with a misleading claim that it shows him asking people to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and not the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video has been cropped and in the longer version of the video Chowdhury can be seen urging people to vote for the Congress candidate of Jangipur constituency of Bengal, Mortaza Hossain Bakul. In the 8-second-long video, Chowdhury can be heard saying, "It is better to vote for the BJP than the Trinamool... you a...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Rahul Gandhi is viral online claiming that the Congress leader spoke of a census specifically for minorities. Fact: BOOM found that the viral video has been doctored to make the false claim. Rahul Gandhi in his speech stated that the Congress party would implement a Socio-Economic and Caste Census, following which backward classes, Dalits, Adivasis, economically backward general castes, and minorities would be able to ascertain their respective contribution in the country. Tools used: We checked the full version of the speech uploaded on Congress's off...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Rahul Gandhi is being shared on social media with a claim that the Congress leader promised to credit an annual sum of Rs 1 lakh to accounts of youngsters who spent time browsing social media platforms. Fact: BOOM found that the video has been cropped and Gandhi was referring to the Congress party's 'Right to Apprenticeship' programme where unemployed graduates and diploma holders of India would get the opportunity to work as apprentices in private and public sector companies for a year and get a salary of Rs 8,500 per month, if the Congress was voted ...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: An old photo of the former Indian men’s cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is being circulated online with a claim that it shows him urging people to vote for the Congress. Fact: BOOM found that the picture dates back to 2020, when Dhoni and his other team members celebrated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) reaching six million followers on erstwhile Twitter (now X). Tools used: BOOM performed a reverse image search on the photo that led to several news reports carrying the same photo. These reports were published in October 2020. Also, CSK's official social medi...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of former Congress member and now supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Acharya Pramod Krishnam, speaking about ending caste-based reservation in India at a rally is viral online as recent. BOOM found that the claims are misleading, the video of Krishnam is from September 2023 and he made these statements when he was a part of the Congress. He was expelled from Congress in February this year. In the viral video, Krishnam can be heard saying, "Politicians who accuse us of casteism are the ones who are politicians only for a few castes. They threaten us. I want ...
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By Srijit Das An old video of a man slamming an EVM control unit on the floor during the Karnataka Assembly elections has been revived with a misleading claim that the incident is recent and took place during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the incident occurred in Mysuru on May 10, 2023, during the Karnataka Assembly elections. In the 59-second footage, a man can be seen signing the register. The situation then quickly escalates as he forcefully grabs the EVM control unit and hurls it to the ground. Polling officers and police personnel then immediately rush in to prevent him...
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