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How a Putin Fan Pushed Propaganda to Americans

  • With the explicit aim of getting Donald J. Trump elected, a website run by a British activist pumped out anti-Hillary Clinton hoaxes and drew tens of thousands of views.
  • It is among a constellation of websites linked to James Dowson, an admirer of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

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