Eduard Grigoriann was a picture of wealth and sophistication.
In a moody image that accompanies his resume, he’s wearing a dark blazer, jeans and gazing out the window of a private jet. Through his globe-trotting, the Brussels-born financier and philanthropist had become attuned to bias in mainstream media, the resume said. He was looking to fix this by starting a conservative news outlet better aligned with his "distinctive and alternative perspectives.”
According to U.S. authorities, Grigoriann’s perspective was Russian and Grigoriann himself a fake, part of an elaborate scheme by the Russian government to use U.S. influencers to spread propaganda and deepen divisions in American society.
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