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2025-03-08 00:08:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D428CBD3FB6374D38E84AD2B74E3EB94ACA87A9FDE9CD4166E5B0EDFFDAD53B4
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Tim pool was paid 100k per episode by Russian state media employees to churn out English-language videos that were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s “interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions in order to weaken U.S. opposition” to Russian interests, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/well-known-right-wing-influencers-duped-to-work-for-covert-russian-operation-u-s-prosecutors-say https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/09/05/tim-pool-influencer-chicago-federal-probe-russian-meddling-tenet-media https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/09/05/who-are-tim-pool-and-benny-johnson-what-to-know-about-the-six-right-wing-commentators-doj-alleges-were-funded-by-russia/
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