After the House Committee on Justice dismissed the two impeachment complaints filed against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a Facebook user posted a video of the chief executive supposedly saying he has “a lot of dogs in Congress,” a derogatory term to describe politicians who are loyal followers. This is fake.
The clip likely contains deepfake content, according to results from an artificial intelligence detection tool.
Uploaded on Feb. 4, Marcos can be heard in the video allegedly saying:
“Sinasabi ko na sa inyo, kayo lang ang makulit. Walang mangyayari d’yan. Ang dami kong aso d’yan sa Kongreso. Ano ba kayo? Nagsasayang lang kayo ng oras niyo (I’m telling you, you’re the only ones being persistent. Nothing will come of that. I have a lot of dogs in Congress. What’s wrong with you? You’re just wasting your time.)”
The footage also carries a superimposed text that reads:
“The Sham of Philippine Justice :How Marcos Jr. And His Allies Buried Accountability.”
Such a controversial statement by Marcos would have received widespread media coverage. However, there are no credible reports of the chief executive uttering the remarks in the bogus video.
Marcos made no such comment or post on any of his official social media channels.
VERA Files reached out to the Deepfakes Analysis Unit of the India-based Trusted Information Alliance, formerly the Misinformation Combat Alliance, to further check the veracity of the clip.
Three audio detection tools used by the DAU did not classify the voice in the video as AI-generated, with some even identifying the audio track as “authentic.” However, a simple comparison shows that the voice in the fabricated video more closely resembles his father’s voice than the chief executive’s actual voice in a vlog he uploaded on his FB page on Feb. 1.
Results from Hive AI deepfake detector flagged the video as a deepfake, with the DAU noting that the “two timecodes were highlighted by the tool where AI tampering was traced to the face” of Marcos.
“The facial part of his head seems to be moving independent of the rest. Also, the upper frame of his spectacles seem to blend into his flesh in some instances. I also noticed long lines running across his face, and this could be a visual artefact of the face being tampered,” an expert from DAU said.
The DAU described Marcos’ looks in the fake video as “unnaturally rigid,” and his teeth are “very blurry and look very indistinct,” concluding that the clip is AI-manipulated.
A combination of reverse image search and keyword search led VERA Files to the original graphic published by Rappler on Feb. 4, featuring a still photo of Marcos and a news headline about the House of Representatives junking the impeachment complaints against him.
The old picture of Marcos used in the news graphic was first posted by the president on his official FB page on Aug. 5, 2025, when he addressed the Filipino community on the first day of his state visit to New Delhi, India, the previous day.
The AI-manipulated clip emerged after the House justice committee on Feb. 4 declared both impeachment complaints against Marcos “insufficient in substance,” resulting in their dismissal.
The first complaint, filed by lawyer Andre de Jesus on Jan. 19, was anchored on three grounds: culpable violation of the Constitution, graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust. The second one, filed by the Makabayan coalition on Jan. 26, was also based on the grounds of betrayal of public trust, accusing Marcos of committing three impeachable acts, including corruption related to flood control projects, among others.
On Feb. 10, the House, sitting in plenary, junked the two impeachment complaints. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Marcos was happy with the outcome, asking the complainants to “move forward.”
Published by FB user Ronnie Estrada (created on Feb 11, 2009), the deepfake video of Marcos has been viewed over 76,000 times and garnered 790 engagements as of writing.
