Fact Check. Was Adam Schiff's Sister Married to George Soros's Son?

Rep. Adam Schiff, who authored a rebuttal to Devin Nunes's memo about the Trump-Russia investigation, is now the target of conspiracy theories and fake news.

CLAIM

Adam Schiff's sister Melissa was married to George Soros's son, Robert.

RATING


FALSE


ORIGIN

As a war of words heated up between President Trump and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) over the release of a controversial memo attempting to discredit the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a rumor popped up on internet forums that Schiff’s sister was married to the son of philanthropist George Soros. Schiff, who is the ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee, wrote a rebuttal to Devin Nunes’s memo alleging that the FBI had improperly obtained a warrant to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Soon after, users on forums like 4chan, Above Top Secret and Free Republic began posting the rumor that Schiff was related to Soros by marriage.

The rumor then spread to fake news sites. The conspiracy-minded TruthFeed reported that “Twitter is on fire with the revelation that Democratic party mouthpiece Adam Schiff turns out to have ‘family ties’ to none other than George Soros himself” and posted a series of tweets about the alleged connection. The article used a series of images of tweets:



A woman named Melissa Robin Schiff did indeed marry Robert Soros, the son of George Soros, in 1992. However, she is not Congressman Schiff’s sister. The wedding announcement published in the New York Times in 1992 identified Melissa Schiff’s parents as Marlene and Haskel. As of September 2017, the two were in the midst of a messy divorce.

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