Breitbart News, the right-leaning news site that aggressively promoted Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency, is part of the FBI’s probe on Russia’s influence of the election, according to a report.
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The report, by McClatchy, said the FBI is looking at whether Breitbart and other “far-right news operations took any actions to assist Russia’s operatives.”
Breitbart was formerly run by President Trump’s White House strategic adviser Steve Bannon, who left the site to chair Trump’s campaign in the fall.
Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow did not return a request for comment Tuesday from the Washington Examiner.
McClatchy’s report, published Monday evening, said Russian government operatives used “bots” to swarm social media with links to news stories, many of which were fake, that were favorable to Trump’s campaign during times that the candidate was on the defensive.
During a congressional hearing on Monday, FBI Director James Comey confirmed that U.S. intelligence officials are investigating whether there were any direct links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
