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Eric Trump and UFC commentator Daniel Cormier both denied the president’s son ever asked Cormier if any fights in last night’s White House UFC event would be rigged, after Cormier’s X account posted—then quickly deleted—screenshots appearing to show the exchange.

The posts in question show Eric Trump sending a direct message on Instagram to Cormier asking if he was placing any bets in the fights and for inside information, including if any of the matches were rigged or if any of the fighters were injured.

“I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for bringing this to light, however I refuse to stay silent. . . I will not tolerate this type of insider behavior,” Cormier captioned the screenshots.

Eric Trump quickly denied he ever sent the messages, writing, “This is completely fake! I have never reached out to Daniel. In fact, this is scary,” reposting another user who screenshotted the post on Cormier’s account before it was deleted.

Eric Trump posted at least three more denials on X, claiming the posts were “AI generated” and that Cormier “has since deleted his post, which confirms it was clearly fabricated.”

Cormier, a retired UFC fighter, also seemed to suggest the posts were fake, writing “are people really this dumb?” in a post on X.

Cormier denied he wrote the post in an interview with video journalist Nicholas Ballasy outside the White House event on Sunday, claiming the purported Instagram messages were “not real” and that he “got hacked or something,” suggesting they were posted to his X account, but not by him.