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Meet MAGAt and pro-Russian grifter Gunther Eagleman (David Freeman). In late 2024, the U.S. DOJ indicted Tenet Media, revealing it was a covert $10 million Russian influence operation funded by the state-controlled network RT. Following the indictment, online researchers and critics exposed ties between Freeman's "Gunther Eagleman" account and the network's ecosystem. Freeman defended himself by stating he only received "tens of thousands" of dollars in standard "ad revenue" through X and content distribution networks rather than direct Russian payroll. Critics, however, pointed out that he aggressively deleted dozens of his pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine posts immediately after the DOJ indictment went public. Even if the money trail was indirect, NATO-affiliated researchers and independent watchdogs have documented that Freeman heavily amplified Kremlin talking points to his over 600,000 followers. This included writing a viral post publicly apologizing to Vladimir Putin for U.S. funding of Ukraine and spreading debunked claims that there was "no video content from the war in Ukraine" to undermine public support for the war effort. Freeman has worked closely with X Strategies, a right-wing digital consulting firm. These firms frequently act as middlemen—taking money from massive PACs, corporate entities, or foreign-adjacent media networks—and then paying individual influencers micro-fees (like his documented $300 repost fee) to blast out specific narratives, giving the influencers plausible deniability about where the original funding originated.

MAGAts_Exposed's tweet photo. Meet MAGAt and pro-Russian grifter Gunther Eagleman (David Freeman).

In late 2024, the U.S. DOJ indicted Tenet Media, revealing it was a covert $10 million Russian influence operation funded by the state-controlled network RT.

Following the indictment, online researchers and critics exposed ties between Freeman's "Gunther Eagleman" account and the network's ecosystem. Freeman defended himself by stating he only received "tens of thousands" of dollars in standard "ad revenue" through X and content distribution networks rather than direct Russian payroll. Critics, however, pointed out that he aggressively deleted dozens of his pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine posts immediately after the DOJ indictment went public.

Even if the money trail was indirect, NATO-affiliated researchers and independent watchdogs have documented that Freeman heavily amplified Kremlin talking points to his over 600,000 followers. This included writing a viral post publicly apologizing to Vladimir Putin for U.S. funding of Ukraine and spreading debunked claims that there was "no video content from the war in Ukraine" to undermine public support for the war effort.

Freeman has worked closely with X Strategies, a right-wing digital consulting firm. These firms frequently act as middlemen—taking money from massive PACs, corporate entities, or foreign-adjacent media networks—and then paying individual influencers micro-fees (like his documented $300 repost fee) to blast out specific narratives, giving the influencers plausible deniability about where the original funding originated.

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