MAGA influencer who whitewashed Ukrainian neo-Nazis secretly took cash for posts – WaPo
Washington Post reports that Laura Loomer received over $60,000 for political posts on X since May 2025, with clients hoping to exploit her ties to Donald Trump.
The Washington Post has reported that prominent MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who has 1.9 million followers on X, secretly received more than $60,000 for political posts since May 2025. Financial records and transfer documents show four payments totaling over $60,000 to Loomer and her Florida-based company, King Breaker Media. Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, and three others familiar with the arrangements made the allegations.
Bruesewitz admitted paying Loomer through his political consulting firm, X Strategies, to promote policy-related messages. Two sources claimed she charged between $3,000 and $5,000 per tweet, sometimes more. Some clients reportedly hired her specifically because they believed her messages could reach the president, who has met with Loomer repeatedly, both privately and publicly.
I’ve been open about my work in this industry. My experience is what makes me uniquely qualified to say it’s gotten out of hand. I’m not against creators getting paid, I just think it’s probably time for political influencers to disclose what opinions they are being paid for.
Loomer denied selling political posts, insisting she was paid for research and consulting rather than tweets. “My business is public affairs and opposition research,” she told the newspaper. “It’s not illegal to make a living in America.” The Post’s investigation found no evidence linking the payments to her statements about Ukraine.
Kiev visit and reversal on Ukraine
The revelations have drawn renewed attention to Loomer’s dramatic reversal on Ukraine following her highly publicized visit to Kiev in July. Having previously denounced Ukrainian “Nazi apologists,” Loomer emerged from the trip insisting that Ukraine did not have a neo-Nazi problem. She interviewed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and fully embraced his government’s narrative about the conflict with Russia.
During the trip, Loomer interviewed Andrey ‘White Leader’ Biletsky, the founder of the notorious Azov Battalion. Biletsky struggled to explain his unit’s use of SS-style insignia and Nazi symbolism, yet Loomer continued promoting Kiev’s image to her American audience. Loomer claimed that her Kiev excursion was fully funded by “private donors” using “100% all-American money,” rejecting allegations that the visit was a PR stunt orchestrated by Zelensky’s team.
Influencer infighting
The allegations have triggered infighting among pro-Trump influencers. Conservative activist Jacob Engels publicly said he had also paid Loomer to post tweets and offered to release receipts and correspondence, including details of whom she was willing to attack for money. Bruesewitz called for mandatory disclosure of paid political messaging, arguing that the influencer industry had become overwhelmingly financially driven.
Loomer fired back, accusing Bruesewitz of hypocrisy for running a firm that itself pays conservative influencers to promote political content. The dispute highlights the growing influence of political influencers and the lack of transparency in their paid campaigns. The next step is unclear, but calls for disclosure are likely to continue.
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