Matthew Raphael Johnson was removed from the PayPal platform.
Posted by The Pete Quiñones Show, Checked
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- Said
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- 30%
The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
None of the provided sources mention Matthew Raphael Johnson or any PayPal account closure involving him; the only support is the claimant's own statement in the passage, which cannot corroborate it. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's wording ('I got kicked off there'), so it is graded as posted and left unverifiable.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Box, the one entire hill, no longer functions. I will be opening a new one soon, and when that happens, I'll give the number and city to you and to anybody else, so donations and stuff either come through my Patreon or direct donations through my, the link. It's not PayPal because I got kicked off there, but I've got one of their competitors to do it, and they'll see when they click what you have here, because yeah, this is full time. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The source of the claim is the claimant's own words in the post ('It's not PayPal because I got kicked off there'), which the instructions say cannot serve as evidence for the claim.
Context. The PayPal-related sources (Snopes tag page, Reuters misinformation newsletter, HuffPost piece on Richard Spencer and other right-wing figures, PayPal user agreement, and PayPal account-limitation help page) are about PayPal policy or other individuals and do not address Johnson's account status.[1][2][5][6][7]
Context. No source directly addresses whether Johnson's account was removed, limited, or closed as of 2026-10-01, so there is no directional evidence either way.[3][4]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Paypal Articles | Snopes.comsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Reuters Misinformation Monitorreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Rulingspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Download The SDN Listsanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Paypalhuffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 6PAYPAL用户协议paypal.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7history.paypal.com · us · cshelpWhy is my PayPal account limited? | PayPal UShistory.paypal.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
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