Claims
Paul Pelosi, the Allen mall shooter and Hurricane Helene
RECORD / AT A GLANCE
Claims false or unsupported
Each claim was false or unsupported, and he deleted or walked back some. He also posts many accurate things; this file covers the ones that went viral.
THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY
30 Oct 2022
He links to a fringe site, then deletes it.
May 2023
He calls the shooter’s extremist links a “psyop.”
Oct 2024
He says FEMA is blocking flights.
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A deleted link.
Evidence called a “psyop.”
FEMA and the aid flights.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE
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Musk shared a fringe site’s theory and deleted it. Evidence showed an intruder attacked Paul Pelosi.
Who says it: Musk, fringe sites.
Law enforcement confirmed his tattoos and posts.
Who says it: Musk.
PolitiFact found no evidence; airspace was managed for safety.
Who says it: Musk.
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The post and the deletion.
The source he linked.
His “psyop” posts.
Law-enforcement account.
Open-source investigation of the gunman’s posts.
His response to Bellingcat.
The Helene airspace claim.
The exchange; Musk later said the issue was resolved.
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A deleted link.
Days after a man broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer, Musk replied to Hillary Clinton with a link to the Santa Monica Observer, a fringe site, saying there was a “tiny possibility there might be more to this story.” He deleted it. [1][2]
What we can’t tell you. None.
The post and the deletion.
The source he linked.
Evidence called a “psyop.”
After a gunman killed eight people at a mall in Allen, Texas, in May 2023, Bellingcat traced his social-media profile with neo-Nazi content. Musk called the reporting a “psyop” and questioned it. [1][3]
Law enforcement confirmed the gunman had neo-Nazi tattoos and posts. Musk defended his doubts. [2][4]
What we can’t tell you. None.
His “psyop” posts.
Law-enforcement account.
Open-source investigation of the gunman’s posts.
His response to Bellingcat.
FEMA and the aid flights.
In October 2024, Musk said FEMA was blocking flights of supplies into areas hit by Helene and seizing goods. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that was false, and PolitiFact found no evidence that FEMA or the FAA blocked aid flights. Musk later said the issue was resolved. [1][2]
What we can’t tell you. None.
The Helene airspace claim.
The exchange; Musk later said the issue was resolved.
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