\u201cMr. Pool was damaged by the Harris Campaign\u2019s bad faith misconduct previously described herein in addition to his expenditures for the prosecution of this action, which is necessary to clear Mr. Pool\u2019s name and restore his reputation,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n
The backdrop of this lawsuit involves accusations that Pool, along with other conservative influencers like Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson, were part of a disinformation campaign allegedly linked to Russian interests. Pool and his counterparts have been under scrutiny ever since the Biden administration accused Moscow of attempting to influence the upcoming election through U.S. influencers.<\/p>\n
Pool and others have vehemently denied these claims, asserting that they are victims of a coordinated smear campaign. Pool specifically has faced accusations of working with a U.S. content creation company that allegedly received funding from Russian sources. In August the Justice Department claimed that Russian state media\u00a0funneled $10 million to Tenet Media<\/a>, a company where Pool worked. The firm, now closed, allegedly created propaganda favoring Russia, and its unknowing creators spread disinformation.<\/p>\n Pool\u2019s lawsuit was prompted by a post on the KamalaHQ account\u2014the official press account of Harris\u2019s campaign\u2014which featured a video clip of Pool speaking. \u201cTrump operatives say their Project 2025 plan is to give Trump total, unchecked legal power so they can jail and execute those who don\u2019t support Trump if he wins,\u201d Kamala HQ wrote on X on August 31.<\/p>\n \u201cShould Democrats be in jail? No question,\u201d Pool asked on his podcast. \u201cWhen Donald Trump gets elected should he start locking them up? No question. Should there be lists of Democrats that need to go to jail, one hundred percent. And the reason for that is they committed crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/trendjet.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/52908049214_4337a84501_b-678x381-1-300x169.jpg\")
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