• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    15 days ago

    Love the responses from the influencers. They’re all silent about it until Johnson claims that he’s a “victim,” then there’s this sudden rush of “Yeah… yeah - that’s it. Me too! I’m a victim too!”

    Uh huh…

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      14 days ago

      Tucker would say it proudly. And then he would do his lost puppy dog face while asking, “is it wrong to take money in order to give your audience information or is that what they want you to think?”

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    14 days ago

    Kinda curious. What is the illegal part? I’m aware that political actors are required to make certain declarations about money, and I would guess that’s a part of this. That being said, there’s all kinds of foreign influence on US politics, including financial. So I just wonder what’s laws were broken in this case

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      14 days ago

      Probably lying about it and obfuscating it. Also they may have been required to register as a foreign backed entity depending on the circumstances.

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        14 days ago

        I figured it was someone like that.

        I seem to remember something similar about not registering as a foreign agent in 2016 & 2020. Funny how that keeps happening around the Trump campaign 🤔