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--- "In August 2024 during the Biden-Harris administration, two Russian state media employees were charged with secretly funding almost $10 million to a Tennessee company for the production of political videos to benefit Russia by influencing the United States. The company's description matches that of Tenet Media, which had employed Johnson and other right-wing influencers, with him responding that “myself and other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme”....

The Wiki sources the allegations to two articles mentioning actions by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Reuters stated in September, "The criminal indictment charged the two RT employees, Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, with conspiracy to violate U.S. money laundering and foreign agent laws."

It is most interesting that Reuters mentions: "Alphabet (GOOGL.O), which owns YouTube, did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

So who is the host for the messaging alleged in the Garland indictment? Google/YouTube.

A search shows this was a once-"sealed" indictment. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AF ANASYEV A, a/k/a "Lena,"

As those indicted are Russians located in Russia, apparently, nothing came of the Biden administration action.

Reuters repeats what some now call the Russia-gate hoax. "U.S. intelligence assessments found that Moscow tried to help Trump in 2016, when he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton...."

Merrick Garland did not take action against those "conservatives," nor against Google/YouTube.

The Associated Press article managed in September, before the election, to allege "Tenet Media's shows in recent months have featured high-profile conservative guests, including Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake. The nearly 2,000 videos posted by the company have gotten more than 16 million views on YouTube alone, prosecutors said."

Though AP states "The U.S. Justice Department doesn't allege any wrongdoing by the influencers," names mentioned in the AP slur, most of which was conjecture -- Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Lauren Southern, Tayler Hansen, Matt Christiansen, Lara Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kari Lake, Turning Point USA, "the right-wing network Blaze Media," and an "unidentified influencer."

Merrick Garland is replaced by Pamela Bondi, Joe Biden by Donald Trump, and Tenet media shut itself down, such that the indictment is moot. The timing of the Garland DOJ was a month before the election, and itself can be alleged to have been election interference by the Democrat Party. All the liberal press carried various versions of the story, featuring the name "Trump" in most, and even with this, President Trump is president today.

All those "right-wing" commentators and influencers? Still up on YouTube, and all the other social media platforms. Including Benny Johnson.