An American activist, Jack Posobiec, was among the first to spread an email leak on Friday night aimed at damaging the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.
Posobiec, the Washington bureau chief for the far-right news outlet The Rebel, tweeted out the 4Chan leak of the Macron emails to his 109,000 followers on Friday night.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/860950773911482368
Le Monde wrote about Posobiec on Saturday, noting: “The Rebel is known in Washington as an unyielding pro-Trump and pro-Marine Le Pen website that often spreads fake news and false information.”
Macron’s campaign picked up momentum leading up to the vote on Sunday, sparking ultra-conservative activists to pool their tactics and tricks across the internet in both English and French.