The court cited, as evidence, information supplied by Romanian intelligence -- which received it from the CIA -- that said Russia funded an influence campaign on TikTok to get Georgescu elected.
Georgescu was banned from taking the oath of office and the pro-NATO president's term was extended indefinitely.
Today, the Romanian tax authority concluded its investigation that determined Russia didn't fund anything. The TikTok promotions were paid for by the pro-EU Social Liberal Party as part of an ill-fated effort to draw votes away from its rivals in the Social Democratic Party. However, they accidentally used a hashtag that was already being used by Georgescu's poorly funded campaign, driving millions of voters to his videos who decided they actually liked what he was saying.
Oh well, too late!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... aign-funds
"RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA!"
