Massachusetts police said Campbell was paddleboarding when he died. Representatives for X also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the spread of the conspiracy theories. The four accounts did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday. “Why would they start telling the truth now?”Ī post from the X account that got 3.8 million views suggested without evidence that Campbell’s death was somehow related to the potential indictment this week of former President Donald Trump on new charges. The influential right-wing account with 1.8 million followers on X, said he did not believe anything the government or the media said about the death.

That post had more than 14.5 million views. A post in which Ian Miles Cheong, an online pundit, asked followers what they thought “really happened” got 5.6 million views on X.Ī post from the X account noted that the pond is 8 feet deep where Campbell was found and that he had posted swimming videos on Instagram - facts other people said in replies indicated he was killed. Right-wing figures cast doubt without evidence on the police statement and found a home for their views on the website X, the new name for Twitter after Musk rebranded it Sunday.

Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, who own a house there, were not home, police said in a statement.

The Massachusetts State Police called the death of Tafari Campbell, 45, an accident after divers recovered his body Monday from Edgartown Great Pond, about 100 feet from shore.

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