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Right-wing activist Laura Loomer has been paid by private clients to make political posts on social media without publicly disclosing the payments, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump and three other people familiar with the arrangements.
The allegations were made by Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Trump’s 2024 campaign, and three other people who spoke on condition of anonymity, the newspaper said. Two of the three said they had paid Loomer directly to post political messages, and two of the people said she charges $3,000 to $5,000 per post, sometimes more. The newspaper said it reviewed bank transaction emails and a wire transfer statement showing four payments totaling more than $60,000 to Loomer and a Florida company registered in her name since May 2025; the documents do not specify what the payments were for.
Bruesewitz told the newspaper he paid Loomer for tweets last year through his political consulting firm for posts on policy issues, declining to name the clients, while saying such deals need clearer disclosure. Loomer denied being paid for posts. “My business is public affairs and opposition research,” she told the newspaper. “I certainly don’t charge $5,000 for a tweet.” She said Bruesewitz’s firm paid her for a one-page research document and then asked her to distribute the information, and she accused him of “lashing out” over her political beliefs.
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