A video of a raucous crowd appearing to celebrate the conviction of former President Donald Trump on multiple felony counts isn’t authentic.
In the video, people packed into a bar jump, cheer and throw drinks as the large screen overhead shows a CNN broadcast and then the word “convicted” under Trump’s name.
The video bears the logo of The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans and former Republicans critical of Trump, and an Instagram post from the group sharing the video was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)
Other social media users also shared the video, including on TikTok without the Lincoln Project logo and on X. A May 30 X post sharing the video said, “NYC right now.”
But the video is from 2016, when fans at the Ashton Gate Sports Bar in Bristol, England, watched their country beat Wales in the Euro 2016 championship. That footage has been altered since, becoming a meme that’s supposedly shown people reacting to Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the United Kingdom, calling an election, a CNN broadcast showing Trump’s mugshot, President Joe Biden tripping and actor Johnny Depp prevailing in a defamation trial.
We rate claims this video shows a crowd reacting to Trump’s conviction False.