Misinformation campaigns: Russian money was funneled to U.S. right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet, prosecutors say
Misinformation campaigns: Russian money was funneled to U.S. right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet, prosecutors say
The indictment of two RT employees includes allegations that they implemented a nearly $10 million plan to fund a Tennessee-based company as one of their “covert projects.”
Here is the indictment and press release by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The indictment of two employees of RT - formerly 'Russia Today', a Kremlin-controlled propaganda outlet based in Moscow - includes allegations that they implemented a nearly $10 million plan to fund a U.S.-based company as one of their “covert projects.”
Employees of the Russia-backed media network RT funded and directed a scheme that sent millions of dollars to prominent right-wing commentators through a media company that appears to match the description of Tenet Media, a leading platform for pro-Trump voices [...]
The indictment on Wednesday of two RT employees, Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, includes allegations that the duo implemented a nearly $10 million plan to fund an unnamed Tennessee-based company as one of their “covert projects” to influence American politics by posting videos to TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube.
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[Involved apoear to be] six commentators: Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, Tayler Hansen, Matt Christiansen, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson. The indictment refers to six commentators, who are not named.
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Details included in the indictment match those of two of Tenet’s personalities: Rubin and Pool. As of Wednesday, Rubin’s “The Rubin Report” YouTube channel had 2.44 million subscribers. The indictment refers to “Commentator-1” as having over 2.4 million YouTube subscribers. A person with over 1.3 million YouTube subscribers is referred to as “Commentator-2.” Pool now has 1.37 million subscribers. The indictment also refers to three other commentators, including one with female pronouns, but lacked any information that could directly identify their channels.
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Just in case anyone was curious, the media group is Tenet Media, who is associated with Tim Pool and some other right-wing dipshits.
Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, Tayler Hansen, Matt Christiansen, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson.
These regime whores got no loyalty
Name them all!
Wild. But the far crazier thing is that zionists are legally privileged x1000000 with promoting endless propaganda (1, 2, 3, 4), buying every politician, etc.
What part of this is misinformation, exactly? Seems pretty well-supported.
The content spread by the right-wing creators is misi.formation, not the linked article itself. I edited the title a bit to avoid a misunderstanding.
I love how they don't name the rats... Wtf
Tenet Media, associated with Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Chen, and some other right wing dipshits.