Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

LinkedIn billionaire ‘sorry’ for funding ‘Russian bot’ disinformation campaign against Roy Moore
RT ^ | 12/27/18

Posted on 01/07/2019 3:37:17 PM PST by Libloather

The co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, has apologized to Republican Roy Moore for funding an organisation that faked a ‘Russian bot’ involvement to mar his election campaign in Alabama.

American Engagement Technologies (AET), which Hoffman gave $750,000 to, put $100,000 of the entrepreneur’s money towards New Knowledge, a cybersecurity firm which fabricated some 1,000 Russian language Twitter accounts to follow Moore.

The company used the tactic to link the controversial Republican to so-called Russian influence campaigns and then fed it to the mainstream media. They also created misleading Facebook pages urging Republicans to support a ‘write-in’ candidate instead of supporting Moore. The ploy was revealed by New York Times earlier this month.

(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: alabama; hoffman; linkedin; moore; russia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last
To: Libloather

Cookie-cutter conservatives denounced Roy Moore, hating a real conservative, conveniently accepting the libelous narrative, and proclaiming him a terrible candidate who could not possibly win.

The media was against him. The Democrats were against him. Mitch McConnell’s RNC RINO machine was against him. This millionaire was against him.

He almost won.

Imagine if the cookie-cutters had not played into Mitch’s hands for once.


21 posted on 01/08/2019 12:03:59 AM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

Google “Dmitri Mehlhorn.” He “brokered” the deal. Probably made high 6 or low 7 figures doing it.

The man’s past is empty. Where was he born? Nothing. No early history. Not even a wikkipedia page. He appears a dozen years ago, is rich, but nothing early.

Hmmmm....spook???


22 posted on 01/08/2019 6:18:10 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Unredact the 99 page Collyer Report!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: YogicCowboy
The media was against him. The Democrats were against him. Mitch McConnell’s RNC RINO machine was against him. This millionaire was against him. He almost won. Imagine if the cookie-cutters had not played into Mitch’s hands for once.

Exactly. If Mitch had even supported him, once he won the primary, he would have won.

It is a severe, obvious case of how the Media has been controlling the narrative and the country for 50 years, at least!

23 posted on 01/08/2019 6:57:12 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

He’s sorry? He’d feel even more sorry if he was in PRISON.


24 posted on 01/08/2019 7:00:31 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson