False Claim That Jaishankar Was Asked To Leave During Donald Trump's Swearing-in

We looked at the full video and found that the minister was not asked to leave the ceremony, as claimed.

Fact-Check: The claim is false. No personnel interacted with Jaishankar during the oath-taking.

(Source: The Quint) 

Social media users have circulated a video that allegedly shows Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar being requested to leave during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected president of the United States of America, Donald Trump.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: The claim is false.

• We reviewed the longer version of the oath-taking and found that Jaishankar was not asked to leave or even disturbed amid the ceremony.

What we found: At first, we looked for the longer version of the oath-taking ceremony and found it on the White House's YouTube channel.

• Following this, we identified the portion of the viral video in the version on YouTube.

• We spotted a cameraperson appear in front of the minister at 34:37 minutes of the YouTube video.

Here are the markings where we spotted the two. 

(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint) 

• At 34:44 minutes, we saw a person approach the area where Jaishankar was seated. The person was seen tapping her hand and gesturing someone to leave.

• They were also seen talking to someone. They had no interaction with the minister at any point.

Here are the markings where we spotted the two. 

(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint) 

• At 35:10 minutes, we can see a person, behind the minister, leaving the area. The person was wearing some sort of a strap around their neck.

Here are the markings where the person who was asked to leave was spotted. 

(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint) 

• In a livestream by German broadcaster DW News, we could spot a photographer in front of the row where Jaishankar was seated.

Here is the photographer we spotted in the livestream. 

Conclusion: A false claim has gone to viral that Jaishankar was asked to leave during the oath-taking ceremony of Trump.

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