Kristin Bride, a member of ParentsSOS, next to an apple tree she planted after her son Carsonβs suicide in 2020. The appleβs variety is Sweet Sixteen, Carsonβs age when he died.
Israelβs Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israelβs military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader.
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Allianceβs president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.