Billionaire Apologizes for Funding Disinformation Campaign in Alabama Senate Race

Billionaire Apologizes for Funding Disinformation Campaign in Alabama Senate Race
LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, on March 30, 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman issued an apology on Dec. 26 for funding a disinformation campaign that tried to link a Senate candidate to Russia. The campaign targeted the 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama.

Hoffman, who is openly liberal, donated at least $7 million to Democratic groups in the last election cycle.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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