Laura Loomer, one of President Trump’s most outspoken online allies, is facing accusations that she was quietly paid by private clients to push political messages on social media without telling her followers, according to a new Washington Post report published Saturday.
The Post reported that four people with knowledge of the arrangements, including a former Trump campaign aide, said Loomer had been paid for posts on her X account, which has roughly 1.9 million followers. Two of the sources said they paid Loomer directly, while a third said they had overseen clients who paid her to post.
Two of those sources claimed Loomer charged between $3,000 and $5,000 per post, and sometimes more.
The paper also said it reviewed bank transaction emails and a wire transfer statement that appear to show four payments totaling more than $60,000 sent to Loomer and King Breaker Media, a Florida-based company registered in her name, since May 2025. The documents do not specify what the payments were for.
Loomer, 33, flatly denied the allegations.
“I certainly don’t charge $5,000 for a tweet,” Loomer told the Post, adding that she does not have set prices for her consulting work. She described herself as a journalist and activist, rejecting the idea that she is an influencer paid to promote political causes, and said her work involves journalism, public affairs and opposition research.
The story came to light after a public falling out between Loomer and Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Trump’s 2024 campaign, who sparred with her on X earlier this week. When the subject of whether his firm had sought her help came up, Bruesewitz fired back publicly, telling Loomer he had paid her for tweets before. He added that he had not done so in at least a year and asked what share of her posts are paid for.
Bruesewitz later confirmed to the Post that his political consulting firm, X Strategies, had paid Loomer for posts tied to policy issues.
Loomer offered a different account, insisting Bruesewitz paid her to put together a research document, which she then shared publicly.
According to the Post, the people who paid or oversaw payments to Loomer described her as an effective, if sometimes unpredictable, messenger, and saw her as a way to get a message directly in front of the president.
Hours after Bruesewitz’s claim, Loomer announced a “hiatus” from her show, “Loomer Unleashed,” which streams on Rumble.
Loomer has built a reputation in Washington as a self-styled loyalty enforcer, using her large following to target officials she views as insufficiently loyal to the president. Several administration officials have exited their posts after becoming targets of her online campaigns.
Critics on the right have previously questioned whether outside interests were behind some of her campaigns. Last year, she was accused of being on the payroll of drug manufacturer Sarepta during her push to oust FDA official Vinay Prasad, a claim she denied, posting that “Big Pharma didn’t pay me to do anything.” No evidence has emerged that Sarepta paid her.
The Post’s reporting does not indicate that President Trump knew about the alleged arrangements, and no criminal wrongdoing has been alleged.
