<p>Lauren Chen is no longer with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/blazetv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blaze</a> Media after the Department of Justice (DOJ) <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> her of misleading other conservative influencers about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian</a> money her company had been paying them.</p>
<p>Semafor <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/09/05/2024/blaze-fires-contributor-linked-to-russian-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Thursday that Chen had been fired by Blaze Media, where she had contributed videos to Blaze TV, a day after she was referenced in a federal indictment against two Russia Today (RT) employees.</p>
<p>“Lauren Chen was an independent contractor, whose contract has been terminated,” Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon said in an email. Semafor also noted Chen did not return a request for comment.</p>
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<p>The RT employees, a pair of Russian nationals, were charged with conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOJ</a> announced on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the defendants were implicated in a &#8220;$10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging.&#8221;</p>
<p>Chen, a Canadian-born YouTuber and <a href="https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1831433336293880183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former RT employee</a>, and her husband, Liam Donovan, are not named but referenced in the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a> as founders of a company identified as Tenet Media.</p>
<p>The Russian defendants allegedly worked with Chen and Donovan to &#8220;mask&#8221; the &#8220;true source of funding&#8221; for the company, which the indictment revealed to be RT — a Russian state broadcaster.</p>
<p>Chen and Donovan were accused of &#8220;falsely portraying&#8221; to commentators that their company was sponsored by a private investor named &#8220;Eduard Grigoriann&#8221; — a persona that turned out to be fake.</p>
<p>Tenet was also not named, but as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/04/justice-department-election-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted by The Washington Post</a>, a quote from its YouTube Channel is identical to one that appears in the indictment. The company&#8217;s Tennessee roots are also a match.</p>
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<p>Similar extrapolations have been made to identify conservative influencers who may be referenced in the indictment as potential victims of deceit, some of whom have since released statements.</p>
<p>&#8220;These allegations clearly show that I and other commentators were the victims of this scheme. I knew absolutely nothing about any of this fraudulent activity. Period,&#8221; Dave Rubin <a href="https://x.com/RubinReport/status/1831478093661245681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.</p>
<p>Podcast host Tim Pool also <a href="https://x.com/Timcast/status/1831473189173731589" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X about the indictment, declaring, &#8220;Should these allegations prove true, I as well as the other personalities and commentators were deceived and are victims.&#8221;</p>

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