CNN: A pro-Trump influencer says a Russian agent paid him $100 to post a fake voter fraud video. It wasn't first time

[Dennis Donovan]

CNN - A pro-Trump influencer says a Russian agent paid him $100 to post a fake voter fraud video. It wasn’t the first time

By Isabel Rosales and Paul P. Murphy, CNN

Updated 10:05 PM EST, Mon November 4, 2024



An American social media influencer said he was paid $100 by a pro-Kremlin propagandist to post a fake video of Haitian immigrants claiming to vote in the US presidential election. The payment was one of several the man said he received from the propagandist- a registered Russian agent - to post on social media in the run-up to the election.

The pro-Trump influencer, who uses the @AlphaFox78 handle on X, is an American man living in Massachusetts, CNN has learned. He agreed to speak to CNN about the posts on condition of anonymity.

The account, which has a history of posting right-wing memes in support of former President Donald Trump, was the first to post the now-debunked video that purportedly showed a Haitian immigrant claiming he would vote at least twice in Georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Georgia Secretary of State said everything in that video was faked, from the actors to the ID cards, and was produced and disseminated by Russian influence actors.

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[marble falls]

1. I want be sure I understand: personal honor is worth $100.00, no questions asked by either party ...

... a c-note influencer. Sounds like a half-hour comedy show. Title it "You Do Know Who I Am, Right!"

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Selling out one's country cheap

They complain about inflation and offer treason at low-low prices.

[standingtall]

3. This doesn't surprise me at all

and I suspect there is a whole more of this going on then what has already been found out. Russians foreign governments and republicans are paying social media influencers to promote anti-Democratic nonsense.