The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funneled money to media outlets in a clandestine attempt to seek “partisan regime change” abroad, according to investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger.
Shellenberger, who on Wednesday said the USAID and CIA “were behind the 2019 impeachment” of President Donald Trump, again took to social media to claim the agencies tried to use media to enact regime changes abroad.
“The media said they were a nonpartisan check on power. They weren’t. The U.S. govt. is the largest source of funding for ‘independent media’ worldwide. Many sought partisan regime change. They got away with it by hiding the money & threatening to sue journalists who exposed them,” Shellenberger posted Thursday on X with a video of him explaining the situation further.
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