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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQAnon Twitter Account That Claims To Have Explosive DC Dirt Is Really Just A Random Italian Guy
...the Rubini accounts claims of insider intel and high placed sources appear to be some of its author's litany of fabrications which include his online identity. The man behind @GregRubini is Gregorio Palusa, a 61-year-old Italian sound engineer and marketer with no national security or intelligence credentials. His background includes a pattern of unverified claims about his business relationships and expertise, and a brief spell as a groupie for a Pink Floyd tribute band.
Palusa did not respond to multiple emails and phone calls.
The Rubini account first attracted national attention late last year when it tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower more than 20 times, according to the Washington Post. Since then its become a mainstay of far-right conspiracy thinking.
May's White House briefing was the second time Rion brought one of Rubini's false claims to prominence. In mid-March, OAN aired an outlandish report from Rion that suggested a link between the novel coronavirus in Wuhan and a lab in North Carolina.
Palusa did not respond to multiple emails and phone calls.
The Rubini account first attracted national attention late last year when it tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower more than 20 times, according to the Washington Post. Since then its become a mainstay of far-right conspiracy thinking.
May's White House briefing was the second time Rion brought one of Rubini's false claims to prominence. In mid-March, OAN aired an outlandish report from Rion that suggested a link between the novel coronavirus in Wuhan and a lab in North Carolina.
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QAnon Twitter Account That Claims To Have Explosive DC Dirt Is Really Just A Random Italian Guy (Original Post)
Cattledog
Sep 2020
OP
Being a fucking "groupie for a Pink Floyd tribute band" must count for something! 😂😂😂
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2020
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Nevilledog
(50,659 posts)1. Perfect. *snicker*
mainer
(12,013 posts)2. He's still tweeting. His followers have no idea.
quite a hoax.
tenderfoot
(8,424 posts)3. I looked him up only to discover that I already had him blocked. lol!
eom
Grins
(7,128 posts)4. I remember that weasel.
OANNs despicable hack (one of many), Chanel Rion, used him as a source for the North Carolina Covid-19 lie she pushed.
When you went to his website and saw the photo of himself he had posted, it was actually that of 2001 Space Odyssey actor, Keir Dullae.
TheBlackAdder
(28,070 posts)5. Being a fucking "groupie for a Pink Floyd tribute band" must count for something! 😂😂😂