In July 2025, the media and Telegram channels reported that Karoline Levitt, known for her religiosity, unexpectedly decided not to put on a cross at a press conference, where she answered questions from journalists in Epstein's case. We checked the reliability of such publications.
The reports that the press secretary of the White House Karoline Levitt did not find a cross for a reason when she answered questions about the financier of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, appeared shortly after her briefing on July 7. On it, the official said that there is no Epstein client list. Internet users concluded that the official who regularly emphasizes her piety went to reporters without a cross, because she did not want to lie while she was religious symbol.
This theory was distributed "Tsargrad-TV" And "Radio Sputnik"As well as Telegram channels"KB plus"(243,000 views at the time of writing of the analysis),"Voblya • News"(115 000),"Heaven is"(92 000),"Gossip"(79,000),"The goat screamed"(77 000), Admin.anshlak (70,000), "Htoshu | Sergey Cherkassky"(53,000) and others.
Financier Jeffrey Epstein Detained In New York, in 2019 on charges of people trafficking, including minors, with the aim of sexualized exploitation. Epstein threatened 45 years of imprisonment, but a month after the arrest he was found dead in the cell. According to the investigation, he committed suicide. Both Epstein’s work itself and his death gave rise to a popular conspiracy theory - the financier had extensive ties with politicians, businessmen and celebrities, many of whom began to be considered his customers. There were rumors that there is even a list of people to whom Epstein supplied minors to provide sex services, and that this list includes Donald Trump.
US President and members of his administration more than once assuredthat all data about Epstein’s clients will be declassified. Some of them (copies of on -board magazines from the Epstein private aircraft, a copy of the address book, as well as a list of evidence) Published February 28, but no sensational discoveries were found in these documents. It was expected that other materials would be published later, but the US Department of Justice on July 7 reported: The financier did not conduct a list of customers and no additional documents will be presented to the public anymore.
On the same day, Caroline Levitt conducted a briefing during which Commented This is the statement of the department. According to her, part of the documents will not be published, since it contains, for example, children's pornography. At the same time, the White House spokeswoman assured: the Trump administration strives to ensure that everyone who violates the law has been responsible. One of the journalists was reminded by Levitt of the February statement of the US Prosecutor General Pam Bondi. Then on the air of the Fox News television channel she assertedthat the list of Epstein clients lies on her table. The journalist asked to explain how Bond's words relate with the statement of the Ministry of Justice that such a list does not exist. Levitt replied that Bond was not meant a specific list of names, but the entire array of documents related to the case. She added that for clarifications on this subject it is worth contacting the general prosecutor directly. More at that briefing, Epstein’s case was not mentioned and was not discussed.
Levitt went to journalists in a black jacket and a white blouse, there were no accessories, except for Seryozhak, there was no reason on it. At the same time, at the public events of the press secretary of the White House, you can often see with a cross-it is more than once declaredthat Vera plays a huge role in her life and has a significant impact on her political views. Therefore, Internet users considered that Levitt deliberately did not put on a religious symbol on a briefing, where she was asked uncomfortable questions about Epstein's case. In confirmation of their theory, they published a collage from screenshots made at several such briefings. In all these pictures, she is captured with a cross.
Although the photos are genuine, they are not taken at the latest press conferences. For example, a photo Levitt in a raspberry jacket in the middle row belongs to its first briefing as a press secretary of the White House in January 2025. The picture to the right of it is taken in February, the lower three - in April and in May (1, 2, 3).
In fact, Levitt is far from the first time appearing in public without a hip cross. It is not visible as in the video with recent press briefings from June 19, June 3, May 22 or May 19, and on more old ones (for example, January). If we study the broadcasts of all 34 briefings with her participation, published on the official YouTube channel of the White House, Levitt put on a cross (at least so that it was visible) only for 12. The same applies to the pictures of the official on her pages in Instagram And X: She does not always put on a cross, photos without it are much more common.
Note that the appearance or absence of a cross on the neck of Caroline Levitt is far from the first to attract the attention of Internet users and journalists. For example, in June, American comedian John Stuart in his program Daily Snow I jokedThe more Levitt is lying, the more the cross on her neck becomes, like Pinocchio's. After the release of this episode on the air Users And Media They began to argue that because of this joke, the White House spokesman allegedly abandoned the religious accessory. At the same time, the publications that she "unexpectedly" stopped putting on a cross appeared in February, and c March this year.
Messages that Levitt did not deliberately put on a cross on a briefing on July 7, initially spread in the English-language segment of the social network X. In particular, the collage of several pictures of the press secretary was the first Published User @mylordbebo, his post scored 3 million views. “She took off the cross ... to be able to lie about Epstein,” the blogger wrote. @Mylordbebo is not the first time Found In the analysis of “verified” as the source or distributor of inaccurate information.
Thus, Caroline Levitt is not the first time appearing in public without a cross. His absence on her neck at the moment when she answered uncomfortable questions about Epstein's case is nothing more than a coincidence.
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