Reporters Share Conspiracy Theory From Obama Photographer Claiming Trump Photo During ISIS Raid Was Staged

President Donald Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, national security adviser Robert O’Brien (L), Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley (R) in the Situation Room of the White House on Oct. 26, 2019. Shealah Craighead/White House via AP

A number of reporters shared a conspiracy theory on Oct. 27 started by President Barack Obama’s former official photographer Pete Souza.

After the United States reportedly killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the killing was later confirmed—Souza posited that a photograph shared by the White House showing President Donald Trump and military leaders in the situation room was staged before the raid.