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A video posted on TikTok claims to share leaked audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
@kevsandersIs this a leaked audio of special counsel , Hur questioning Joe Biden.Is it real? If it’s fake, Joe Biden must release the real one. Otherwise, how can it be disputed?♬ original sound – KSanders
Verdict: False
The claim is false. A media forensics and artificial intelligence (AI) expert denied the claim’s authenticity to Check Your Fact in an email.
Fact Check:
In a recent filing, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argued against releasing the audio of Biden’s interview with Hur, citing concerns about “deepfakes,” according to The Hill. The DOJ said if the audio was released it would be “easier for malicious actors to pass off an altered file as the true recording,” the outlet reported.
The TikTok video claims to share leaked audio of Biden’s interview with Hur. “Is this leaked audio of Special Counsel Hur questioning Joe Biden. Is it real? If it’s fake, Joe Biden must release the real one. Otherwise, how can it be disputed?” the video’s caption reads.
According to the audio, Hur appears to question Biden on duties performed by “front-office staff” and how Biden referred to these individuals. Biden appears to respond that he referred to these staff members by their first names “if [he] knew them.” Biden later appears to say he’s trying to “think back ten years now” or “about ten years” following the question from Hur.
The claim is false. Check Your Fact did not find the purported conversation shared via the TikTok video referenced in any credible news reports about Biden’s interview with Hur. In fact, the opposite is true. Politifact debunked the claim on June 7, labeling the audio as a “deepfake.”
Additionally, while a transcript of Biden’s October 8 interview with Hur does mention “front-office staff,” it does not match the audio included in the TikTok video exactly. Neither Biden nor the White House has publicly commented on the TikTok video purporting to share the audio of the interview with Hur. The DOJ has not issued a statement about the clip, either. (RELATED: No, Joe Biden Did Not Attempt To Sit Down On ‘A Chair That Does Not Exist’)
Furthermore, Dr. Walter Scheirer, a media forensics and AI expert at the University of Notre Dame, denied the claim’s authenticity to Check Your Fact in an email.
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