In July 2024, a video appeared in Telegram channels, which allegedly shows a militarized unit created in case of “possible civil unrest after the attempt on Trump”. We checked the reliability of this news.

In the video, spreading in Telegram on July 18 and lasting a little more than 20 sec., shown a spacious room in which hundreds of people stand next to chairs in the same leather vests. At the beginning of the video, the participants in the event remove hats, and then pronounce a certain oath in chorus. “A huge army of veterans is being formed in the USA in the face of possible civil unrest after the attempt on Trump,” - Commented Video in his Telegram channel TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov (257,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). Similar posts appeared in the channels "In fact in the Dnieper"(1.6 million views taking into account the repost in"The world today with "Yuri Podolyak""),"Uncle Glory"(187 000),"Putin in Telegram"(186 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(120 000),"Ukraine.ru"(116 000) and"Release Kraken!"(105,000).

Viral video. Source: Telegram

July 13 in Pennsylvania local resident Thomas Matthew Kruks He opened fire At the election rally of US presidential candidate Donald Trump. One person died, two were hospitalized in serious condition, the policy of the bullet easily wounded in the ear. After an unsuccessful attempt on Trump on the Internet spread Numerous fakes and conspiracy versions of what happened.

The subtitle on the viral video indicates that it is provided by an organization called CVMA CA 33-1. The abbreviation of CVMA is deciphered as an association of veterans-motorans (COMBAT VETORANS MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION), and the letter combination of CA indicates the state of California. On the main page of the official website of the organization represented The same logos as in the video dispersed on Telegram channels.

The CVMA Californian website says that it unites veterans of military operations and like -minded people who "share the love of motorcycles." The same section of the site says that members of the association support and/or take part in thematic events, and also make donations to institutions and charity organizations engaged in help from veterans.

In a commentary to the AFP agency, a representative of the CVMA department in California explainedthat the video dispersed on social networks was shot in June 2023 in Colorado at the National Congress of the Organization. This is confirmed by the video that “tested” found on YouTube - its author directly Indicatesthat the CVMA congress was captured, held on June 10, 2023. “We stood and recited the words of the national anthem, that's all,” the description says. Video shot from the same angle as the viral, placed In Tiktok, but it is two seconds shorter than the version, dispersed through social networks.

The likely primary source of the video, which recently became popular in Russian-speaking Telegram channels-video, published On Facebook on June 10, 2023. “This is how the National Congress of CVMA began this year. That's what all this is about, ”the user with the nickname Combat Vetran Rider indicated in the signature. At this moment, people recited the video The oath of fidelitywhich the Americans pronounce the US flag.

In December 2023, when the video dispersed with false signatures in the Portugal -speaking segment of the Internet, representatives of the CVMA California branch in a conversation with AFP factors emphasized: “We are a non -political organization, which means that we do not participate in political events, fundraising, lobbying or political activity.” When the video again became popular after the attempt on Trump, representatives of this and other branches of the association did not respond to a request for a comment.

The video spread on the Internet with incorrect signatures before. So, in mid -June 2023, a few days after the end of the CVMA Congress in Colorado, the video Published On Twitter (now - X) with the signature that “thousands of neo -Nazis related to Trump” are captured on the record.

Thus, the viral video was shot not in July 2024, but in June 2023. The video shows not the “army”, formed in the event of “possible riots after the attempt on Trump”, but a congress of biker veterans.

Photo on the cover: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons