Image depicts George Soros in handcuffs before a judge, facing charges of tampering with voting equipment.
Image depicts George Soros in handcuffs before a judge, facing charges of tampering with voting equipment.
On 26 April 2017 web site The Peopleâ€™s Resistance published a claimÂ that Hungarian financier George Soros wasÂ indicted forÂ tampering with voting machines, alongside an image of Soros purportedly before a judge: < BREAKING NEWS: George Soros Indicted For Voter Machine Fraud And More After the state of Ohio found that voting machines in more than a dozen counties had been tampered with, they tied them directly to the George Soros Corporation. It took the Federal Election Commission less than an hour to get an indictment through the US Attorney after that. In under three hours total, George Soros was photographed sitting in a courtroom waiting to be arraigned. > The claim appeared to be based onÂ a 2016 election-related rumorÂ Soros owned stakes in particular brand of voting equipment (Smartmatic). There was no truth to that claim. On 8 May 2017, fake news aggregator Daily USA Update repeated the indictment story: < After the state of Ohio found that voting machines in more than a dozen counties had been tampered with, they tied them directly to the George Soros Corporation. It took the Federal Election Commission less than an hour to get an indictment through the US Attorney after that. In under three hours total, George Soros was photographed sitting in a courtroom waiting to be arraigned. > However, the claim was basedÂ on aÂ doctoredÂ photograph. The original photograph cameÂ from a 27 June 2016 news story about a hacker who was convicted of stealing $50,000 from Sorosâ€™ charitable foundation. The photograph was taken at his sentencing:Â Â
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