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American pro-Kremlin social media influencer Jackson Hinkle addressed claims that he is an American intelligence agent in an interview with a Yemeni journalist, posted by Sultan Al-Sadeh on X on March 11, 2025. Hinkle stated that he has been vetted by the intelligence services of Russia and China and has had close connections with their government and leadership. He explained that his actions are driven by his belief as a Marxist and Communist, not for personal gain, and that he aims to persuade Americans who disagree with him. Hinkle also expressed a desire to visit Yemen. The interview appears to have been conducted in Lebanon, where Hinkle attended the funeral of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah and was also interviewed by U.S. Designated Terrorist Hizbullah-Owned Al-Manar TV, stating he now lives in Russia.
Jackson Hinkle: "There's no response that I can give that proves who I am, other than, of course, if they killed me here today. Even some people would still say 'oh but he was an agent but they were done using him, so they killed him.' But what I'll say is, of course, I have, you know, I have very many close connections in the Russian government and the Chinese government. I interviewed the president of Venezuela. I have never given anyone a reason to doubt my character.
"And I think if the intelligence communities of China, Russia, Venezuela, and many other countries have all signed off on me, I think that the random Twitter users who say I'm a CIA or something, maybe they don't have the intelligence of China, Russia, Venezuela, and all these other countries combined because they feel fine letting me next to their leadership. And it's just funny when I see people, they think they know more than the intelligence of these countries."
Interviewer: "Or you are super good at it."
Hinkle: "Yes! I'd be the best. I'd be the best."
Interviewer: "In history."
Hinkle: "I do like James Bond though, I like those movies.
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"I will say also the thing I get most accused of is being, like, a Russian agent or a Chinese agent or Iranian agent, something like that."
Speaker offscreen: "[unintelligible]".
Hinkle: "Yes. Well I'll say this. It's not about whether or not you benefit from a position. If you believe in the position – I believe in anti-imperialism, I am a Marxist-Leninist, I am a communist – so regardless of how that benefits me, it doesn't matter. What we have to do, what I have to do as an American who believes these things, is I have to convince my fellow Americans that my position is correct. So even if 99% of the country hated me when I began, or didn't believe, didn't agree with me, the majority are willing to hear me and have a conversation. And hopefully through rigorous conversation I can convince them."
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Interviewer: "Do you want to visit Yemen?"
Offscreen speaker: "You have brothers [in Yemen]."
Hinkle: "I want to, I hope to very soon. It'd be an honor. It'd be an honor."
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