Russia backed widespread election interference scheme, DOJ says

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Source: Axios.com

Court documents allege that RT, a Russian state media network previously called Russia Today, deployed nearly $10 million to finance and direct a Tennessee-based online content creation company that has posted nearly 2,000 videos in English focused on key domestic and foreign issues to "amplify divisions in the United States."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/09/04/justice-department-charges-russian-state-media-election-interference

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Blaze media, Glen Beck, and lots more are implicated in this-knowingly.

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1. Glen Beck knowingly took Russian money?

The man is an unAmerican shit.

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2. Um, yeah, we had that figured out...

...but I'm glad to see garland is at least trying to catch up.

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3. Does free speech apply to adversarial governments?

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4. DOJ Indicts Russian Nationals in $10 Million Scheme to Spread Covert Propaganda to U.S. Audiences

Two Russian nationals employed by state-controlled media outlet RT are charged with conspiring to violate U.S. laws by secretly funding and directing pro-Russian content on social media platforms.

The Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging two Russian nationals, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, with conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and money laundering in a scheme to covertly influence U.S. audiences. Both Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva remain at large, according to the DOJ’s announcement today.

The indictment reveals that Kalashnikov, 31, and Afanasyeva, 27, who were employees of Russia's state-controlled media outlet RT, played pivotal roles in funneling nearly $10 million to a Tennessee-based online content creation company, referred to in court documents as U.S. Company-1. The content company, unbeknownst to its viewers, was funded and directed by RT to produce pro-Russian videos aimed at American social media users. This company is believed to be TENET Media, who touts right-wing hosts Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and others, as part of their roster.

The indictment remarks, "On its website, U.S. Company-I describes itself as a 'network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues'" This phrase matches with the TENET's slogan, which appears on their website.

https://meidasnews.com/news/doj-indicts-russian-nationals-in-10-million-scheme-to-spread-covert-propaganda-to-u-s-audiences

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5. To be expected. We must fight back.