Fact Check

Were Nancy Pelosi's Winery and Other Assets Seized After IRS Audit?

A routine review of content labeled satire.

Published April 8, 2021

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Claim:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's winery and other assets seized after an IRS audit.

On July 7, 2020, the website Bustatroll published an article positing that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had assets seized after an audit by the IRS:

Nancy Pelosi’s Winery and Other Assets Seized After IRS Audit

In a development that will surprise no one who closely follows the news, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her equally corrupt husband have lost…everything.

Their Napa Valley winery, their house in San Francisco, all the money they stole directly from US taxpayers…it’s all gone, seized by the Feds after an extensive IRS audit proved that Pelosi had been embezzling from taxpayers for decades.

This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows:

Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site’s pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. See above if you’re still having an issue with that satire thing.

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