White House rips unflattering Biden videos as ‘cheap fakes’

Published June 17, 2024 6:36pm ET



The White House has offered a range of reasons why a series of unflattering videos of President Joe Biden have surfaced on the internet.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed the videos, including two last week of former President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appearing to help Biden during public events, as “cheap fakes,” a play on the term “deepfake.”

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