'Totally false': Ben Stiller smacks down ex-Trump lawyer for pushing 'Russian media lies'
Raw StoryHollywood actor Ben Stiller took to social media Wednesday to swat away what he called "lies coming from Russian media" — and promoted by Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who was indicted along with Donald Trump and 17 others in Georgia's election interference case. Powell – who has a history of promoting baseless conspiracies — shared a video Wednesday morning from a right-wing account with the watermark "E News" in which a narrator said the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, The video continues, citing no evidence or sourcing, that major celebrity actors Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn, Jean-Claude Van Damm, Orlando Bloom and Ben Stiller each raked in millions from the agency to boost Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s popularity. Video from June 2022 showed Stiller shaking Zelensky's hand and calling him "my hero." In a lighter moment, Stiller complimented Zelensky on his "great acting career," to which Zelensky responded, “Not as great as you," as the two laughed.
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