Kremlin Disinfo Sites Push Trump’s Illegal Voting Lies

Talking Points Memo reports:

On April 8, a shocking article appeared under the banner of the “Washington Post.” The headline declared that President Joe Biden, who was at the time running for a second term, “needs migrants” to win the election. It went on to allege that Biden and the Democratic Party had “smuggled over 320,000 illegals by plane through several airports last year” to secure victory and further a nefarious agenda.

“The Democrats are determined to win elections at any cost so they can continue to fuel wars around the world. Therefore, they promote uncontrolled illegal migration in every possible way,” the article said. An FBI affidavit unsealed earlier this month flagged the spoof Washington Post site as one of 32 domains that were seized by law enforcement after the U.S. government identified them as part of the Kremlin propaganda push.

Read the full article. There’s much more. No paywall. The fake WaPo site included a byline by a real WaPo reporter.

TPM unearthed some of the now-deleted webpages flagged by the DOJ as part of a Russian influence campaign and found multiple articles that advanced Trump’s false claims about non-citizen voting.https://t.co/LqwbpqfGzP

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