An American found a photo of his father in a Muller report: he was used by the Russian "trolley factory"
An American accidentally discovered a photo of his father in the report of Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, the full text of which was published last week. The Russian Internet Research Agency (known as the Troll Factory), without permission, used this photo as a poster in support of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign of the year.
Retired miner Ronnie Hipshire from West Virginia found a photo of his father, who also worked as a miner and died of lung disease in 1987, on the 31 page of the report. It was used on the poster for the Miners for Trump campaign. Bring back our jobs "in Pennsylvania, writes Rain with reference to National Public Radio.
The photo was taken in 1976 year, Lee Hipshire was captured on it at the end of the working day at the mine. According to Ronnie Hipshire, his father was a loyal supporter of the Democratic Party, and he would never give permission to use his photo for such a purpose.
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The fact that the photo got into the report of Muller, Hipshire, said its author, journalist Earl Dotter. None of them gave permission to use the photo. According to Hipshire, he would allow it to be used "for the sake of political goals that he supports."
Dotter is also outraged by copyright infringement. He stated that he does not support the values promoted by Trump.
The photo was published on the cover of Times magazine in 70's, notes The Washington Post. She is now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
As wrote earlier ForumDaily:
- An expanded version of the Muller report published 18 April.
- The document, consisting of 400 pages, contains information on the outcome of the investigation of possible violations of President Donald Trump during the election campaign.
- It says, in particular, that there was no collusion between Trump and the Kremlin, but Russia tried to interfere in the elections with the help of hacker attacks and the activities of the "troll factory."
- That's how Trump reacted on the publication of the report.
- Later it turned out that some of Trump's associates gave the public one information, and prosecutor Mueller - completely different.
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