{"id":92703,"date":"2018-01-14T14:43:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T18:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92703"},"modified":"2018-01-14T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T18:46:50","slug":"moby-says-cia-agents-asked-him-to-spread-the-word-about-trump-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92703","title":{"rendered":"Moby Says CIA Agents Asked Him to Spread the Word About Trump and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->by Noah Yoo<br \/>\nPitchfork.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, like, \u2018Look, you have more of a social media following than any of us do, can you please post some of these things just in a way that\u2026 sort of put it out there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/moby_trump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-92706\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/moby_trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/moby_trump.jpg 790w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/moby_trump-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/moby_trump-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last February, following the Presidential inauguration of Donald Trump,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/2795-moby\/\">Moby<\/a>\u00a0posted on social media claiming to have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/54150-moby-claims-to-have-top-secret-information-about-trump-ties-to-russia\/\">insider information<\/a>\u00a0on connections between the Trump administration and Russia. The producer\/DJ said that \u201cafter talking to friends in DC,\u201d he had allegedly learned that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/1\/5\/16845704\/steele-dossier-russia-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fusion GPS dossier<\/a>\u00a0was \u201c100% real\u201d and that the Russian government was \u201cblackmailing\u201d the president. Now, in a new interview with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wfpk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFPK<\/a>\u00a0in Louisville, Kentucky, Moby has doubled down on his claims (as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/2018\/01\/moby-says-hes-spoken-to-cia-agents-who-believe-trump-is-a-manchurian-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoS<\/a>\u00a0points out).<\/p>\n<p>Talking with WFPK&#8217;s Kyle Meredith, Moby cited \u201cactive and former CIA agents\u201d who were \u201ctruly concerned\u201d about Trump\u2019s collusion with Russia. \u201cThey were like, \u2018This is the Manchurian Candidate, like [Putin] has a Russian agent as the President of the United States,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cSo they passed on some information to me and they said, like, \u2018Look, you have more of a social media following than any of us do, can you please post some of these things just in a way that \u2026 sort of put it out there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt\u2019s really disturbing and it\u2019s going to get quite a lot darker. Like the depths of the Trump family in business and their involvement with organized crime, sponsored terrorism, Russian oligarchs, it\u2019s really dark. I guess we should all, like, fasten our seat belts and hold on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitchfork has reached out to Moby\u2019s representatives for further comment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kyle Meredith with... 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