Thread by @DrDenaGrayson

🚨Far-right propagandist/#Russia🇷🇺Insider founder Charles Bausman took part in the #January6thInsurrection, then *fled the country to Moscow* leaving his 2020 Christmas lights and an American flag dangling from his porch.

@MichaelEHayden #TrumpRussia
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Shortly after moving from #Russia, Bausman & his Russian wife moved to Lancaster, PA in 2018. He pushed hard-right causes, including anti-lockdown protests during the #COVID19 pandemic & #StoptheSteal lies & hyped the #January6thInsurrection on social media. Then he disappeared🧐

Since then, Bausman made 3 TV appearances in #Russia talking about the #insurrection *in fluent Russian*. He pushed the lie that the election was stolen & asked a host to avoid saying he actively participated in the insurrection b/c he didn’t want someone to “show up at his door”

Bausman lived in Moscow for the better part of 3 decades, telling Alex Jones’ Infowars in 2019 that he was a “businessman.” Hatewatch found little verifiable information about Bausman’s business history in #Russia before he founded Russia Insider in 2014.

Hello, #Russian🇷🇺agent.

He lists on his LinkedIn page business ventures related to agriculture, including a company where he claims to have served as a “Director” from 2010 to present. The HR director of a company of the same name says in emphatic terms: “I’ve never heard of this man in my life.”

Oh.🙄

HR director: “In about 2010…he approached us about starting a conference in #Russia w/a former employee…It never got off the ground. We never hosted an event there, we never pursued it & we never wrote him a check…He has never been in any way, shape or form in our employment.”

A website Bausman listed as being related to his present business RuFarm.com expired years ago. Another firm he listed is based out of Cyprus. In 2013, when he claimed to work for the firm, “about 1/2 to 1/3” of bank deposits issued in Cyprus originated from #Russia.

Bausman’s TV appearances in #Russia since the #insurrection—spoken with an “impressive grasp” of the Russian language—portray the U.S. as being divided beyond repair and increasingly open to Russian influence.

No surprise, he’s a Trump supporter.🤬

#TrumpRussia

On #Russian TV, Bausman claimed to be connected to a former member of Congress (perhaps @DanaRohrabacher R-Moscow🇷🇺), as well as current and former members of US intelligence agencies.

The @January6thCmte must examine any and all foreign influences on the #January6thInsurrection, including via potential US-born #Russian agents.

@BennieGThompson @RepZoeLofgren @RepAdamSchiff 
@AdamKinzinger @Liz_Cheney @RepStephMurphy @RepRaskin @RepElaineLuria @RepPeteAguilar

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