A video shared by US Republican Congressman Steve Scalise of US President candidate Joe Biden apparently threatening to defund the police in a discussion with healthcare activist Ady Barkan has been debunked as a deepfake. 

The video was found to have been manipulated by splicing in the words 'for police' during a quote from Barkan from an original video of an interview between Barkan and Joe Biden that was published by NowThis News. 

Under pressure from Barkan and others, Scalise later