Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn reacts to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement about Russian disinformation efforts ahead of the 2024 election.
allegedly paid $10 million to prop up a media company hosting what it saw as like-minded, right-wing commentators in the US — including popular pundits like Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin and Tim Pool.two employees of the Russia n state-controlled media outlet RT on Wednesday for acting as unregistered foreign agents and laundering $9.7 million in payments to a Tennessee media company to allegedly promote pro-Kremlin propaganda.
Those shell companies initially received their funding from RT, and the subsequent payouts to Tenet were shielded not as salary payments but for electronic merchandise such as “BUYING GOODS-INV.013-IPHONE 15 PRO MAX 512GB.” “A year ago, a media startup pitched my company to provide content as an independent contractor,” Johnson said in a statement posted to X. “Our lawyers negotiated a standard, arms length deal, which was later terminated. We are disturbed by the allegations in today’s indictment, which make clear that myself and other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme. My lawyers will handle anyone who states or suggests otherwise.
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