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Claimant: Social Media
Claim: Rep. Ted Lieu confronted Kash Patel with a secret recording in which someone said, “Trump told me to bury it.”
Rating: BLATANT LIE
Explanation: During a congressional hearing in September 2025, Rep. Ted Lieu referenced a recording, but it was not a secret tape. The audio came from a publicly available interview with journalist Michael Wolff. Kash Patel was neither seen nor heard in the recording, and the quote circulating online does not appear in the interview.
Date: 03/16/2026
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Last Updated on March 16, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check