Clip of crowd celebrating Trump conviction is edited video of 2016 soccer win | Fact check

BrieAnna J. Frank, USA TODAY
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The claim: Post implies video of crowd celebrating Trump’s conviction is real

A May 31 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the anti-Donald Trump group the Lincoln Project includes a video in which a bar crowd erupts in cheers as news of the former president's conviction is shown on a large TV screen.

“Every. Damn. Charge. #TrumpGuilty,” reads the caption on the post.

Comments in the post indicate some people took the scene as real.

“Where was this, I would have loved to have been there!” reads one of the comments.

“I can’t stop watching this,” reads another. “Gives me chills. I love NY.”

The post received more than 4,000 shares in one day. Other versions of the claim spread widely on X, formerly Twitter.

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Our rating: Missing context

The implied claim is false. This is an altered version of a video that originally showed a crowd celebrating England’s last-minute soccer goal against Wales in the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as the Euro 2016. It has since become a meme template used to show supposed reactions to various news events.

Video modified to show crowd cheering Biden's stair trip, release of Trump's mugshot

The original video was uploaded to YouTube in 2016, predating by eight years Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

It shows soccer fans in England erupting in celebration, as reported by CBS Sports.

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The clip has since become a meme that is edited to fit various scenarios.

It was modified to show the crowd cheering after President Joe Biden tripped on stairs while boarding Air Force One and in response to Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal in 2021, for example. The edited clip also circulated after the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office released Trump’s mugshot in August 2023.

USA TODAY has debunked an array of altered content pertaining to Trump, including a photo showing him and Melania Trump posing alongside Stormy Daniels, a video showing him vowing to release former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan from jail if elected in 2024 and an image purporting to show his mugshot.

USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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