Rebekah Jones, a retired whistleblower, stirred up social media on Sunday with a tweet claiming Melania Trump has filed for an “e-divorce” from Donald Trump. According to Jones, the filing was made in Palm Beach County’s online system and was time-stamped at 5:12 PM ET. She also shared a screenshot of a tweet, allegedly from Newsweek, reporting the same. However, this claim is likely false, as no evidence has been provided, and the image Jones shared appears to be altered.
BBC Verify journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh quickly debunked the tweet. He stated that the screenshot of the Newsweek tweet was digitally manipulated. “This is a fake, digitally-altered screenshot of a Newsweek tweet. You can see the genuine one from December 2019 on the right,” Sardarizadeh posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. His post showed the original Newsweek tweet from 2019, which made no mention of Melania Trump filing for divorce.
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