Published Aug. 20, 2026

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who has served as a congressman since 2013, has been subject to plenty of online misinformation over the years. 

Snopes has covered rumors claiming Jeffries was photographed with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, that he attempted to contact Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prior to his capture, and even, supposedly, that he attended Sean "Diddy" Combs' "freak off" parties. All of those claims were false and grounded in satire. 

Below is our growing list of fact-checks about Jeffries:

By Nur Ibrahim

Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing.