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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on December 20, 2018, 08:14:02 pm

Title: Democratic operatives created fake Russian bots designed to link Kremlin to Roy Moore
Post by: jmyrlefuller on December 20, 2018, 08:14:02 pm

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-operatives-created-fake-russian-bots-in-alabama-race-designed-to-link-kremlin-to-republican-roy-moore.amp (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-operatives-created-fake-russian-bots-in-alabama-race-designed-to-link-kremlin-to-republican-roy-moore.amp)

The project also involved creating thousands of fake Russian accounts on Twitter that began following Moore. This effort attracted attention from local and national media, falsely suggesting Russia is backing Moore’s candidacy.

“Russian invasion? Roy Moore sees spike in Twitter followers from land of Putin,” read the headline of an article at The Montgomery Advertiser, just months before the election night. Other outlets shortly picked up the story.

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