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Posts being shared on social media have misidentified an Italian sports journalist as the shooter responsible for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Former US President and presidential candidate Mr Trump survived the assassination attempt with a bullet wound to his ear, but one spectator, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two other people were seriously injured at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on 13 July.

Some users online have wrongly named the attacker as ‘Mark Violets’. Posts featuring an image of a man in sunglasses on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, say: “BREAKING: Butler Police Department confirms the arrest of the #Trump shooter identified as Mark Violets, a known antifa extremist. He uploaded a video on YouTube before the attack,…

Photos circulating on social media appear to show Donald Trump and security agents smiling just after he was shot at during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening (13 July). But these have been altered and the real photos do not show this. 

Former US President and presidential candidate Mr Trump survived the assassination attempt with a bullet wound to his ear, but one spectator, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two other people were seriously injured. The gunman, who was killed by a secret service sniper at the scene, has been named as Thomas Matthew Crooks. 

One image being shared online shows three security agents smiling as they surround Mr Trump, who has blood on his face. It has been shared more than 6,600 times on X (formerly Twitter) and also

An image supposedly showing former US president Donald Trump sitting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and a young girl was almost certainly created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

The picture has been shared across Threads, and over 7,200 times on X (formerly known as Twitter) in recent days.

Where does the image come from?

There are several clues in the picture which indicate it was likely generated using AI tools, especially in the slightly larger version that shows more of the ‘background’. These include Mr Trump only appearing to have one leg, while Epstein seems to have neither of his legs and looks like he is emerging from the sofa. 

A young…