Laura Loomer accused of taking secret payments for political posts
The Washington Post reports that MAGA influencer Laura Loomer received more than $60,000 in undisclosed payments for political posts, a claim she denies.
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer allegedly accepted secret payments for political posts, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. The newspaper cites bank and transfer records showing four payments totaling more than $60,000 since May 2025. The money was routed to Loomer's Florida firm, King Breaker Media. Loomer denies selling political posts and says her business is public affairs and opposition research, including research and consulting work for clients.
According to sources cited by the newspaper, the price of a post ranged from $3,000 to $5,000 and sometimes more. The main accuser is Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, who says he paid Loomer on behalf of clients. He says the payments were made through his firm, X Strategies, which handles policy messaging. Clients reportedly hired Loomer because she could reach Trump directly, the account says. The full payment arrangements and the specific posts involved have not been publicly confirmed, and the newspaper has not yet seen the complete paperwork behind the transfers.
The allegations follow Loomer's trip to Kyiv in July, where she interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Before the visit she had criticized what she called Ukrainian «Nazi apologists», and after it she said Ukraine does not have a neo-Nazi problem. She also interviewed Andrey Biletsky, founder of the Azov Battalion, who defended SS-style insignia. Loomer has said the Kyiv trip was privately funded by donors and not arranged by Zelensky's team. The Washington Post found no link between the trip, her statements on Kyiv and the payments, and the newspaper's reporting does not suggest that the Ukrainian government paid for any of her coverage.
The affair has drawn further reactions across the Trump-aligned political sphere. Jacob Engels says he also paid Loomer and has offered receipts and text messages as evidence, though those documents have not yet been released. Bruesewitz has called for mandatory disclosure of paid political messaging, arguing that audiences should know when a post has been bought. Loomer, in turn, has accused him of hypocrisy because his own firm runs paid-influencer work. The dispute has put the question of who pays for political commentary on social media at the centre of the debate, with no regulator yet opening a formal inquiry into the matter.
Source: rt-english.com
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