{"id":2343222,"date":"2024-09-19T07:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-russia-indictment-exists-to-associate-good-media-with-putin\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T07:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:20:48","slug":"doj-russia-indictment-exists-to-associate-good-media-with-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-russia-indictment-exists-to-associate-good-media-with-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Russia Indictment Exists To Associate Good Media With Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-russia-indictment-exists-to-associate-good-media-with-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On September 4, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of two Russian nationals, Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, for allegedly covertly \u2062funding the American media outlet Tenet Media with \u200c$10 million. This funding purportedly supported right-leaning influencers like Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin, who \u200bwere \u200dreportedly unaware of the\u2064 financial origins. Critics note that the indictment raises questions because the defendants are unlikely to \u200bface trial in the U.S. due to Russia&#8217;s extradition policies.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment was publicly showcased with coordinated releases from the DOJ, Treasury Department, and State Department, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-mother-in-law-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-hiring-hitmen-to-kill-fsu-law-professor\/\" title=\"Former mother-in-law arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill FSU law professor.\">widespread \u200cmedia coverage<\/a>. Some media outlets leveraged the indictment\u2062 to suggest that the influencers were tied to\u2062 Russian \u200dintelligence. However, the indictment itself did not establish any link between\u2062 Tenet Media&#8217;s content and disinformation or falsehoods, \u2063focusing instead \u200bon administrative failures related to foreign registration.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the DOJ&#8217;s\u2064 declaration that the funding was\u200b used to disseminate &#8220;pro-Russia propaganda&#8221; has been challenged, as the indictment lacks evidence that Tenet Media published false information.\u200b The allegations appear to serve more as a means to associate \u2062conservative commentators with foreign interference, thus painting\u200d them negatively in a politically charged context,\u2063 especially as elections approach.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on the same day, the DOJ\u2062 unsealed a warrant regarding a separate operation called &#8220;Doppelganger,&#8221; which involved Russian\u200d intelligence\u200d creating spoof \u2062websites to spread stories favoring \u2062Russian interests. This suggests that the DOJ has\u200b a broader definition of disinformation, focusing on \u2062narratives intended to influence American public\u2063 perception, rather than merely false statements. the situation emphasizes the intersection of media, \u200dpolitics, and allegations of\u2064 foreign influence in the U.S. political landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Sept. 4, the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1366266\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicted<\/a> Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-tenet-media-right-wing-influencers-justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">covert funding<\/a> of domestic media outlet Tenet Media. The media outlet deployed $10 million of Russian money, according to the indictment, which was reportedly used by right-leaning talent to create content for an American audience. The talent included Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin, among others, who all appear to have been unaware of the funding source.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The indictment is odd for several reasons. First, prosecutors would have known early in their investigation that the defendants would never set foot in an American courtroom, with extradition from Russia being impossible. This raises the question: Why investigate and prosecute a case that will never be tried? Second, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-convening-election-threats-task\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOJ announced<\/a> the indictment with an unusual amount of fanfare, going so far as to coordinate the announcement with simultaneous press releases from the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treasury Department<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/state-department-actions-to-counter-russias-election-interference-and-foreign-malign-influence-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Department<\/a>. In my career as a federal prosecutor, I never once saw that happen. That&rsquo;s not to say it never happened, but it&rsquo;s rare.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, the usual cohort of regime propaganda outlets breathlessly hailed the indictment, never failing to capitalize on an opportunity to paint their opponents as Russian agents, regardless of the truth of such claims. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/07\/business\/media\/russia-tenet-media-tim-pool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> (&ldquo;Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America&rsquo;s Conservative Media&rdquo;) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/tenet-media-russia-indictment-social-media-influencers-rcna170283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> (&ldquo;MAGA Influencers Are Scrambling After the DOJ&rsquo;s Russia Indictment&rdquo;) are just two examples. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjharker.com\/p\/our-ruling-elite-and-the-regime-part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regime mandarins<\/a> acted accordingly. YouTube, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2024\/09\/06\/tenet-media-youtube\/75102665007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">removed hundreds<\/a> of Tenet Media videos.<\/p>\n<p>The widespread and immediate media coverage of a case that was dead on arrival (from a prosecution perspective) strongly suggests that smearing right-wing news sources was the DOJ&rsquo;s goal. This was accomplished by inundating the country with the regime-friendly narrative that Johnson, Rubin, and Pool were associated with Russian intelligence. They&rsquo;re not, and the DOJ knows it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Deputy Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/staff-profile\/meet-deputy-attorney-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Monaco<\/a> claimed that RT &ldquo;co-opted online commentators by funneling them nearly $10 million to pump pro-Russia propaganda and disinformation across social media to U.S. audiences.&rdquo; In the same press release, Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed that Tenet Media was &ldquo;creat[ing] and distribut[ing] content &hellip; with hidden Russian government messaging.&rdquo; One wonders how Garland could discern the &ldquo;hidden&rdquo; nature of the messaging while the American public could not.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these statements are, at best, only partly true. The indictment contains no allegation that Tenet Media pumped pro-Russia disinformation to U.S. audiences. The word &ldquo;disinformation&rdquo; appears only twice, both times in the section entitled &ldquo;background on Russian influence operations,&rdquo; which have no bearing on the present matter. Further, there is no allegation that Tenet Media&rsquo;s content was false, a prerequisite for &ldquo;disinformation,&rdquo; according to the regime&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/diplomacy.state.gov\/teacher-resources\/what-is-disinformation-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">definition<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the only substantive crime charged was a failure to file registration paperwork under a law that makes no distinction between true and false information (money laundering was also charged but only &ldquo;in furtherance of&rdquo; the failure to register; in other words, if there were no failure to register there would have been no money laundering).<\/p>\n<p>These facts reveal that the DOJ didn&rsquo;t bring the indictment to convict Kalashnikov or Afanasyeva (they&rsquo;ll never set foot in the United States) nor to impede disinformation (there wasn&rsquo;t any). Despite this, the DOJ announced the prosecutions to a global media frenzy in press releases choreographed with other major cabinet-level agencies that were amplified by the usual legacy media institutions. The association between conservative commentators and Russian intelligence was complete.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This &ldquo;guilt by association&rdquo; smear tactic is an ancient form of propaganda, one which Democrats have deployed with great success in recent decades. What&rsquo;s relatively new is the DOJ&rsquo;s use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal justice system<\/a> to seed an association in the minds of normal Americans: Russia is bad, right-wing commentators are connected with Russia, therefore right-wing messages are &ldquo;bad.&rdquo; Put another way, the coordinated press releases were <em>the purpose<\/em> of the indictment. The criminal justice system was merely the vehicle, albeit one that imbued those press releases with more authority than they would otherwise possess.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This mental association trick is the left&rsquo;s go-to tactic when it comes to information warfare. It consists of smearing political opponents by inducing a false mental association with Adolf Hitler, racism, or Vladimir Putin. The regime&rsquo;s incessant lies from 2016 through the present are sufficient proof: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/?s=%22Russiagate%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">such as<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/betweenthelines\/between-the-lines\/103022858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russiagate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/?s=%22Crossfire+Hurricane%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crossfire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossfire_Hurricane_(FBI_investigation)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hurricane<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/sco\/file\/1373816\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mueller report<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/securingdemocracy.gmfus.org\/hamilton-68-a-new-tool-to-track-russian-disinformation-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamilton 68<\/a>, and the &ldquo;51 former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-is-ramping-up-censorship-efforts-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" title=\"FBI Is Ramping Up Censorship Efforts Ahead Of 2024 Election\">intelligence officials&#038;rdquo<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/the_intelligence_community_51-_how_cia_contractors_colluded_with_the_biden_campaign_to_mislead_american_voters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scandal<\/a> in which dozens of former intelligence community personnel lied to Americans that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation &mdash; a fact that our three-letter agencies knew to be false <em>at the time<\/em>. And it&rsquo;s election season, so all that Russia, Russia, Russia nonsense is being rehashed again by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-2024-john-bolton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has-beens<\/a> who haven&rsquo;t updated their world model since the Berlin wall fell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>&lsquo;Disinformation&rsquo; DOJ Style<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Though the <em>Kalashnikov <\/em>indictment doesn&rsquo;t allege that any Tenet Media content was false, recall that Deputy Attorney General Monaco called it &ldquo;disinformation&rdquo; and &ldquo;propaganda&rdquo; while Garland called it &ldquo;hidden Russian government messaging.&rdquo; Plainly, DOJ wants you to believe that conservative commentators were Russian dupes but doesn&rsquo;t want you to inquire whether Tenet Media&rsquo;s content was true.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s where it gets interesting. On the same day DOJ unsealed the <em>Kalashnikov<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1366266\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indictment<\/a>, it also unsealed a warrant to seize various websites designed as part of a Russian intelligence operation called <em>Doppelganger. <\/em>According to DOJ&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affidavit of probable cause<\/a>, Russian state-sponsored entities created spoofs of well-known media sources, including websites for The Washington Post, Fox News, Der Spiegel, and other foreign and domestic outlets. They then planted stories on those spoofed website that were designed, according to the affidavit, to advance Russian interests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though not part of the <em>Kalashnikov<\/em> indictment, the <em>Doppelganger <\/em>affidavit provides insight into what DOJ considers to be &ldquo;disinformation.&rdquo; Of its 277 pages, nearly 190 are documents obtained by the FBI. These documents were created <em>by<\/em> Russian intelligence entities <em>for <\/em>Russian intelligence consumption. They describe a multifaceted influence operation by which Russian intelligence would prepare stories for American and European audiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you assumed that Russia&rsquo;s intelligence services prepared <em>false<\/em> stories to advance their interests at our expense you&rsquo;d be mistaken. Instead, Russian intelligence specified that their goals included convincing Americans to focus on creating jobs, reducing crime, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-poll-finds-hispanic-voters-fleeing-the-democratic-party\/\" title=\"Another Poll Finds Hispanic Voters Fleeing The Democratic Party\">reducing illegal immigration<\/a> at home instead of spending money overseas. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf#page=230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">realized that<\/a> &ldquo;[i]n order for this to be effective you need to use a minimum of fake news and a maximum of realistic information.&rdquo; And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf#page=228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they observe<\/a> that the Democrat Party consists of &ldquo;far-left globalists who advocate for perversion of traditional moral and religious values&rdquo; as compared with Trump supporters, &ldquo;whose priority is to preserve traditions of the American way of life.&rdquo; No wonder DOJ doesn&rsquo;t want you to hear about this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for the news stories DOJ calls &ldquo;disinformation,&rdquo; here are a few headlines and subheadlines: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf#page=97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[the U.S.]  national debt has already surpassed $33 trillion<\/a>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf#page=100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Americans Face a Poverty-Stricken Old Age<\/a>,&rdquo; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-09\/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf#page=94\">Migration Crisis Will Bury [Biden&rsquo;s] Future with Ukraine<\/a>.&rdquo; Do these seem false to you?<\/p>\n<p>When viewed together, the <em>Kalashnikov <\/em>indictment and <em>Doppelganger <\/em>affidavit reveal that DOJ&rsquo;s definition of disinformation is something like: &ldquo;true and reliable information that is unacceptable to prevailing left-wing orthodoxy.&rdquo; Thus, while we <em>do <\/em>have massive problems with debt, illegal immigration, crime, and job creation for citizens, and while I have never heard a compelling and succinct explanation for why we should spend a dime in Ukraine, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-levin-uses-6th-grad-econ-test-to-show-harris-why-her-inflation-plan-wont-work\/\" title=\"Mark Levin Uses 6th Grad Econ Test to Show Harris Why Her Inflation Plan Won&#039;t Work\">government doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want us to receive information that might validate these concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of addressing these concerns, the DOJ has weaponized the criminal justice system to censor views it doesn&rsquo;t like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      T.J. Harker&nbsp;is the general counsel of a Knoxville, Tennessee, company. He spent more than a decade as a federal and state prosecutor, where he investigated and tried national white-collar frauds and espionage matters. He writes at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjharker.com\/\">Amicus Republicae<\/a>&nbsp;on Substack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 4, the Department of Justice charged Russian citizens Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva for secretly financing the domestic media organization Tenet Media. The indictment claims that $10 million from Russia was funneled to this outlet, which was allegedly utilized by conservative figures to produce content aimed at American viewers. Notable individuals involved included Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin, all of whom seemingly had no knowledge of the funding&#8217;s origins.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment raises several peculiar points. Firstly, prosecutors likely realized early on that the defendants would never appear in an American court due to the impossibility of extradition from Russia. This begs the question: why pursue a case that cannot be tried? Secondly, the DOJ made a highly publicized announcement regarding the indictment, coordinating it with simultaneous press releases from both the Treasury and State Departments\u2014something I have never witnessed during my time as a federal prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, various mainstream media outlets eagerly reported on this indictment while seizing upon it as an opportunity to label their adversaries as Russian agents\u2014regardless of whether such accusations were accurate. Publications like The New York Times (&#8220;Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America\u2019s Conservative Media&#8221;) and MSNBC (&#8220;MAGA Influencers Are Scrambling After DOJ\u2019s Russia Indictment&#8221;) exemplify this trend. Additionally, platforms like YouTube took action by removing numerous videos associated with Tenet Media.<\/p>\n<p>The swift and extensive media coverage surrounding a case unlikely to result in prosecution suggests that tarnishing right-wing news sources may have been one of the DOJ&#8217;s objectives. This narrative effectively linked Johnson, Rubin, and Pool with Russian intelligence\u2014a connection they do not share but which is known by the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this knowledge, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco asserted that RT &#8220;co-opted online commentators&#8221; through nearly $10 million intended to disseminate pro-Russia propaganda across social media platforms targeting U.S audiences. Similarly, Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed Tenet Media was &#8220;creating and distributing content&#8230;with hidden Russian government messaging.&#8221; One might wonder how Garland could identify such &#8220;hidden&#8221; messaging when it seems obscured from public view.<\/p>\n<p>Both statements are only partially accurate at best; there is no claim within the indictment asserting that Tenet Media spread pro-Russia disinformation aimed at U.S audiences. The term &#8220;disinformation&#8221; appears merely twice in reference sections about broader Russian influence operations unrelated to this specific case. Furthermore, there are no allegations suggesting any falsehoods in Tenet Media&#8217;s content\u2014a necessary condition for labeling something as \u201cdisinformation\u201d according to official definitions.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the sole significant charge against them pertains to failing to file registration documents under legislation that does not differentiate between true or false information (money laundering charges were also included but were contingent upon failing to register; without registration issues there would be no money laundering).<\/p>\n<p>These details indicate that DOJ did not pursue these indictments intending either for Kalashnikov or Afanasyeva\u2019s conviction (as they will never enter U.S jurisdiction) or aiming at curbing disinformation (which does not exist). Nevertheless,the DOJ announced these prosecutions amid widespread media attention alongside coordinated press releases from other major government agencies\u2014all amplified by traditional media outlets\u2014effectively linking conservative commentators with Russian intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>This tactic of \u201cguilt by association\u201d has long been employed successfully by Democrats over recent decades; however what is relatively new is using criminal justice mechanisms strategically designed for creating associations among average Americans: portraying Russia negatively while associating right-wing commentators with it thus branding their messages as \u201cbad.\u201d In essence,the coordinated press announcements served as justification for these indictments\u2014the criminal justice system merely acted as a means through which those announcements gained undue credibility.<\/p>\n<p>This psychological manipulation represents a favored strategy among leftist factions engaged in information warfare\u2014tarnishing political opponents through misleading associations involving figures like Adolf Hitler or Vladimir Putin.The regime\u2019s persistent fabrications since 2016 serve ample evidence: Russiagate,Crossfire Hurricane,the Mueller report,Hamilton 68,and claims made during Hunter Biden laptop controversies where former intelligence officials misled Americans about its origins\u2014all known falsehoods acknowledged internally within our three-letter agencies back then\u2014and now resurfacing again amidst election season rhetoric echoing outdated narratives since before Berlin Wall fell down!<\/p>\n<p>Regarding \u2018disinformation\u2019 per DOJ standards\u2014the Kalashnikov indictment doesn\u2019t assert any inaccuracies concerning Tenet Media output yet Deputy AG Monaco labeled them \u2018propaganda\u2019 while AG Garland referred specifically towards \u2018hidden messaging.\u2019 Clearly,Doj aims for public perception suggesting conservative voices acted unwittingly under foreign influence without addressing whether actual truths existed behind said outputs!<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough,on same day when unsealing Kalashnikov charges,a warrant targeting websites tied into another alleged operation dubbed Doppelganger emerged too! According To affidavits filed alongside warrants,Russian state-sponsored entities created fake versions mimicking reputable news sites including Washington Post,Fox News etc.,planting stories meant solely advancing Kremlin interests abroad!<\/p>\n<p>While separate from initial indictments,Doppelganger documentation sheds light onto what constitutes \u2018disinformation\u2019 according To doj perspective! Out Of total pages nearly 190 consisted solely FBI obtained materials generated exclusively For internal consumption By russian intel services detailing multifaceted strategies aimed persuading both American &amp; European audiences alike!<\/p>\n<p>If you thought those services concocted outright lies promoting self-serving agendas\u2014you\u2019d actually be mistaken! Instead,russian operatives outlined goals focused primarily around encouraging citizens prioritize job creation,reducing crime rates &amp; tackling illegal immigration rather than squandering resources overseas instead! They recognized effectiveness hinged upon utilizing minimal fake narratives whilst maximizing realistic portrayals instead! Moreover they noted stark contrasts between Democrat party members advocating radical shifts away From traditional values versus Trump supporters prioritizing preservation Of core american ideals hence why doj wouldn\u2019t want anyone hearing about such insights either way!!<\/p>\n<p>As far As headlines deemed \u2018disinformation\u2019,here are few examples cited: \u201c[the U.S.] national debt has already surpassed $33 trillion,\u201d\u201cYoung Americans Face A Poverty-Stricken Old Age,\u201dand\u201cMigration Crisis Will Bury [Biden\u2019s] Future With Ukraine.\u201d Do These sound inaccurate?<\/p>\n<p>When viewed collectively,both kalashnikov charges along With doppelganger affidavit reveal doj definition surrounding disinfo resembles something akin To :\u201ctrue reliable info deemed unacceptable By prevailing leftist orthodoxy\u201d. Thus despite existing challenges related debt levels,influxes illegal immigrants rising crime rates coupled lackluster job growth opportunities available locally\u2014as well absence compelling rationale justifying expenditures directed towards Ukraine\u2014our government seeks suppressing access relevant data validating aforementioned concerns instead opting weaponize judicial apparatus censor dissenting viewpoints altogether!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3436,"featured_media":2343223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/President-Trump-at-G20.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[7076,15074,4188,4280],"class_list":["post-2343222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-doj","tag-indictment","tag-media","tag-russia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/President-Trump-at-G20.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}