On December 18, 2025, a livestream by personal-finance YouTuber Matt Farley, who posts as @RealMattMoney, appeared on the White House’s official live video page. The available reports did not establish how it got there: the White House said it was looking into the incident, but no published finding confirmed a hack, an accidental link, or another cause.
What appeared on the White House live page?
The video showed Farley discussing investments and answering viewers’ questions about personal finance. The page, whitehouse.gov/live, is ordinarily used for live video of presidential appearances, according to PBS NewsHour.
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Reports described the timing differently. The Associated Press said the video was visible for at least eight minutes. Bloomberg reported that it appeared and disappeared over about an hour shortly before midnight Thursday. Those accounts do not establish that the stream played continuously for an hour, and they do not reconcile the different durations.
What did the White House and the creator say?
The White House said it was “aware and looking into what happened,” according to the Associated Press. That statement acknowledged the incident but did not explain how the stream reached the page.
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Farley told the AP he had not been contacted by the government and did not know how his stream appeared there. He said, “Had I known it would have been on the White House website, I probably would have had other things to talk about than personal finance.” He also described himself as “just some guy making YouTube videos about stocks.”
How did the stream get there?
The cause was not established in the available reporting. The AP said it was unclear whether the website had been breached or someone in government had linked the video accidentally. Neither possibility was confirmed, and Farley said he had no theory about what happened. There is no reported technical explanation or final investigation finding to show how the video reached the White House page.
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