John Podesta, an adviser to President Joe Biden, and Laurance Rockefeller, the late businessman and philanthropist, often feature in unfounded conspiracy theories. A new one claims that they are father and son.
“This is Lawrence Rockefeller, his son is John Podesta,” begins a July 10 Instagram post that misspells Rockefeller’s first name before going on to explore debunked misinformation about celebrities killed while they were working on a documentary about pedophilia.
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Rockefeller, the grandson of business magnate John D. Rockefeller, had three daughters and a son, whose name is Larry Rockefeller — not John Podesta.
Podesta, meanwhile, is the son and namesake of John Podesta Sr.
We rate this claim Pants on Fire!
