NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs He was arrested on September 16, 2024, facing multiple serious charges.

Shortly after, some MAGA supporters highlighted an old tweet from the Vice President Kamala Harris, He praised Combs for hosting a town hall on racial inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic. This resurfaced post sparked criticism of the Vice President.

Now, nearly two months later, Kamala Harris’ husband Doug EmhoffHe tipped off Combs about a Homeland Security raid in March 2024 and allegedly received $500,000 for it. So what is the truth behind these claims? Let’s explore more.

Claim: Kamala Harris and DougEmhoff tipped Diddy to $500,000 before the raid

a website, PatriotVoiceNews.com, On Wednesday, October 30, she published an article alleging that Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, gave Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs information about a government raid in March 2024. The article also included a short video that attempted to point to a source explaining what was going on.

Moreover, several X accounts shared the claim with their posts that received thousands of likes and views. The articles and posts also alleged that Combs paid Harris and Emhoff $500,000 in tips.

False: Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff didn’t tip Diddy before $500K raid

The claims made in the article and social media posts were false because there was no publicly available evidence to support the claim. Investigating the PatriotVoiceNews site that published the original article revealed many reasons why it is not a reliable source of information. Snopes.

Moreover, evidence suggested that the video supporting the claim was digitally altered or created by an AI tool.

Evidence: PatriotVoiceNews is not a reliable website for information

Many reasons showed that PatriotVoiceNews is not a reliable website for information. There was no ‘About Us’ or byline page informing readers of who was behind the site. These pages are standard practice for any reliable media website.

Snopes explained that an IP lookup tool revealed that the PatriotVoiceNews.com domain was registered on August 5, 2024, just three months before the article was published.

Snopes also used a tool called ‘Sitesucker’ to download the entire website, revealing more questionable information. In just three months, more than 1,000 articles were published on the website, all by a single author. This indicated that this was not a legitimate news site.

The accompanying video does not provide sufficient evidence to support the claim

The accompanying video did not provide sufficient evidence to support the claim. It was shot vertically from a car and featured a large blur that obscured the person speaking, but the hand movements that person was making did not match the audio at all.

Moreover, neither of the two voices in the audio sounded very realistic. As at the 48-second mark, the ‘witness’ mispronounced Combs’ last name.