# On August 6, 2026, QThestorm recirculated footage described as a flashback and claimed James O'Keefe was offered a ballot after giving Eminem's legal name at a Detroit polling place.

State: developing

Canonical: https://kleory.com/news/cases/xnews-b4c44ebcb932/

## Receipts
- 2026-08-07T02:01:30.599Z: James O'Keefe Requests Eminem Ballot at Detroit Poll
- 2026-08-07T02:01:30.599Z: screenshot_timestamp
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: subject_identity
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: The retained viral post supplies the Eminem-ballot framing and explicitly calls the footage a flashback.
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: QThestorm published the August 6 post that most closely matches the X News editorial headline.
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: On August 6, 2026, QThestorm recirculated footage described as a flashback and claimed James O'Keefe was offered a ballot after giving Eminem's legal name at a Detroit polling place.
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: Directly fetched X post retains the flashback wording, ballot allegation, embedded video, and credit to O'Keefe Media Group.
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: O'Keefe's own August 6 post says his team was cross-checking newly documented Detroit material and promised a later report, without mentioning Eminem.
- 2026-08-07T02:13:30.000Z: The retained post supports that old footage was recirculated, but the full original recording, exact 2016 event record, and any direct Detroit or Michigan election-official response were not located.
- 2026-08-08T15:34:45.000Z: Recirculation posts remain on file; original 2016 dated full-sequence footage, election-official response, and a 2026 O'Keefe report separating old vs new activity were not newly established.