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Unverified FBI tip involving Trump, Nicki Minaj's husband & more

Unverified FBI tip involving Trump, Nicki Minaj's husband & more

Plus: 25 unexpectedly true rumors we fact-checked in 2025

December 27, 2025

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A white man wearing. ablack suit is pictured to the right of a partially-redacted document that says UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Intake.

FBI tip alleged Trump witnessed Epstein victim's baby being killed, dumped in Lake Michigan

After the Department of Justice released a new batch of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, social media users began sharing claims about an FBI tip involving President Trump. The tip came from a woman who alleged that Epstein trafficked her for sex and that Trump witnessed her uncle kill her newborn child and dispose of the body in Lake Michigan in 1984, when she was 13.

The document containing the tip is authentic, but the claims within it haven't been independently verified. Snopes reporter Taija PerryCook explains what evidence, if any, supports the tip and how the White House responded to its release.

A screenshot of a page from the Epstein files, in which paragraphs numbered 203, 204, and 205 are entirely blacked out by redactions

Can Epstein files be unredacted with a simple copy and paste? What we know

There is at least one document among the files currently released in which redacted text can be viewed through copy and paste.

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Yes, Nicki Minaj's husband is a registered sex offender

In 1995, Kenneth Petty was convicted on a charge of attempted rape in the first degree.

A white man and woman appear to speak to each other as they sit down at a table indoors. The woman has her hand on the man's shouldar.

Unpacking rumor White House is managing DOJ's X account

Some social media users suggested the White House took over the account to protect Trump.

A black crow stands on a mound of what appears to be cigarette butts.

Rumor that city in Sweden trained crows to pick up cigarette butts is for the birds

While this claim is false, we did find an older example of crows trained to pick up litter.

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Looking back on 2025: Unexpectedly true rumors we fact-checked

Misinformation is everywhere online, but every so often a rumor that seems too outlandish to believe turns out to be true — sometimes surprising our most-seasoned fact-checkers.

Looking back on 2025, Snopes fact-checked an array of rumors that seemed far-fetched at first but held up under scrutiny. Here are 20 rumors that were unexpectedly true, picked by our reporters.