Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian operation: US

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An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson was secretly funded 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, like its war in Ukraine.

And they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Russian influence operation, U.S.prosecutors say.

They have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was president.