Russia’s “Secret” Payments to Right Wing Influencers with Pete Strzok
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by former FBI Agent Peter Strzok to discuss Russian interference in the 2016 and 2020 elections with a particular focus on the recent revelation that Russia is funding right-wing influencers to spread disinformation. Russia's tactics have evolved from creating fake personas on social media to finding existing influencers who align with their narratives. Strzok also addresses the legal liability of these influencers and the ongoing investigation into Russian interference. Plus, the need for transparency when combating disinformation campaigns, the potential dangers/strategies of the Trump administration if he were to win the election, and the risk of unchecked power. For more from Pete, be sure to check out Cleanup on Aisle 45, and pick up his book, Compromised. For more from Reed Galen subscribe to The Home Front. If you want to personally join the fight to save our nation’s democracy, visit JoinTheUnion.us and sign up today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's me, Reed Galen. |
| 0:02.5 | As you may have noticed, I don't host the Lincoln Project podcast anymore, |
| 0:06.2 | but I'm so excited to share with you my brand new show, The Homefront. |
| 0:10.4 | On the home front, you'll get the same incisive discourse about the pro-democracy movement |
| 0:14.8 | from the smartest, most driven people in the fight today. |
| 0:18.3 | If you're listening to this episode on the Lincoln Project podcast channel, |
| 0:21.6 | I invite you to subscribe to the Homefront on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your shows. |
| 0:26.8 | I want to say thank you to all of you in the pro-democracy movement, and I look forward to |
| 0:30.4 | continuing our American journey together. And now, the Homefront. Welcome to the Homefront. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm your host, Reid Galen. Today, I'm joined by Pete Strach, former Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI. |
| 0:46.1 | While at the Bureau, he led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States |
| 0:50.8 | elections and briefly worked on Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation into |
| 0:55.4 | any links or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government. |
| 1:00.3 | Since his time at the Bureau, he's now an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, the Walsh School |
| 1:05.1 | of Foreign Service, a New York Times bestselling author for his book, Compromised, and his co-host of the |
| 1:10.2 | podcast, Clean Up on Isle 45. |
| 1:12.3 | I like that, Pete. |
| 1:13.1 | Today he's coming to us from Washington, D.C. Pete, welcome back. |
| 1:16.9 | Hey, Reed. |
| 1:17.3 | Thanks very much. |
| 1:18.6 | Okay, so let's dive right into your background in particular, Pete. |
| 1:23.0 | So this last week or so, the Department of Justice released an affidavit by an FBI agent, |
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