Does the photo show Trump arriving in New York for his impeachment?

Claim:

A photo authentically showed former US President Donald Trump arriving in New York on April 3, 2023 for his booking and arraignment on charges related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.

Evaluation:

On April 3, 2023, former US President Donald Trump traveled to New York City from his home in Mar-a-Lago confronted with historic criminal charges in connection with alleged hush money payments to a woman with whom he allegedly had a sexual encounter.

With his booking and indictment for the following afternoon at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, a Twitter user posted the below photo of the former president reportedly arriving in New York. The photo showed Trump flanked by people in suits, believed to be Secret Service agents, leading a huge crowd down a city street lined with American flags.

“President Trump Returns to New York” tweeted @Brick_Suit, with the photo.

The photo was fake; It was not genuine documentation of Trump’s arrival in New York for his indictment and indictment. The Twitter user confirmed this fact, write in a reply tweet“I didn’t find that [photo]. I generated it from command prompts.”

The photo was generated by artificial intelligence (AI), with several telltale signs of computer-generated manipulation. For example, an area near Trump’s bottom lip showed another trace of lip; the faces of the suspected Secret Service agents and many members of the crowd were disfigured; Some heads looked more like skulls and the coloring of the flags was not consistent. Also, the man directly behind Trump not only had signs of digital treatment on his face, but also on his right hand.

This was not the first digitally created photo that allegedly documented the aftermath of the crime The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office moved to impeach Trump on March 30, 2023. Fake Photos of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating the indictment, Trump clashing with law enforcement officials who are said to be arresting him, and the former president posing for his mug shot in prison also circulated on social media.

Given that the photo of Trump leading a crowd was AI-generated – it did not authentically show him arriving in New York on April 3, 2023 – we rate this claim as “false”.

Getty Images Database of photojournalism included several authentic images of Trump’s arrival in New York on April 3, including the one pictured below.

Trump arrived in New York City on April 3, 2023 for his indictment. (Gotham/GettyImages)