Another pro-Trump ad uses footage from Russia


The same footage is available on Shutterstock by a user of the same name, whose profile is linked to Konstantin Mikidov’s Facebook page, indicating his location as the Russian city of Novosibirsk in Siberia. He did not respond to requests for comment sent through his Pond 5 and Facebook accounts.

Two seconds after the ad, an older woman appears on the screen with the line “High Texas on Middle Class Return.” That footage, labeled “Old Woman Out of the Window Watching Stock Video,” sells for $ 60 on i-stock photos. Other terms that footage also appears on the website are: “Belarus, senior adults, frustration – sadness, sadness, loneliness.”

He is the creator of the footage “Zdima 4”. The user’s name is profiled on the stock views website Dreamtime and lists the name “Vyacheslav Rutkowski.” Rutkauski has a LinkedIn profile that says he is a photographer in Belarus and uses Zidima4 as a nickname. He did not respond to a request for comment.

America First Action is co-chaired by London MM Mohan, a former head of small business administration and co-founder of the professional wrestling company WWE, with her husband Vince McMahon. As of Aug 31, the group had collected 82 82 million for the 2020 cycle.

Kelly Sadler, a spokeswoman for America First, said in a statement: “We also used video footage taken in China in many commercials. He offered links to a video of Obama’s White House speech on U.S.-China relations at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, when he was vice president in August 2011, and the first U.S. announcement to include footage of Biden in China.