Jacob Engels, Roger Stone Protégé, Says He Paid Loomer for Posts

Political consultant Jacob Engels says he was among the people who paid Laura Loomer to post on X, and he has published a screenshot that displays a $500 Apple Cash card in a message thread with a contact named “Laura.” His account adds a named voice to The Washington Post’s report on undisclosed paid posts, which the Kacee Allen Network covered Saturday. These are Engels’ claims; the News Desk has not authenticated the screenshot, the recipient or any payment.

Kacee Allen views Engels’ account as a strong possibility in light of recent reporting. That is Allen’s assessment, not independent verification of the screenshot or any payment.

Loomer has denied selling posts. In comments reported by Mediaite, she told the Post, “I’m not some influencer that makes money from tweeting. My business is public affairs and opposition research.” Late Saturday, before Engels posted, she wrote on X that she often shares material from smaller accounts “for free by the way,” that “I don’t do anything I don’t believe in,” and that she also has “my opposition research business.” The News Desk did not find a post from Loomer responding to Engels by Sunday morning.

According to Mediaite’s account of the Post’s reporting, three people who spoke on condition of anonymity told the paper they had direct knowledge of Loomer being paid for social media posts. Two said they had paid her directly, and the third said they had overseen clients who paid her. Mediaite reported that the accusations put the price at $3,000 to $5,000 per political post, and that the Post reviewed bank transaction emails and a wire transfer statement showing $60,000 paid to Loomer’s company since May 2025; the documents do not state what the payments were for, and two of the sources said those payments were for political posts. Loomer says she is paid for consulting and research, not tweets, and denies having “set prices.”

What Engels posted

Engels, whose X profile describes him as founder of Command Station Consulting, wrote late Saturday: “I personally paid @LauraLoomer to post tweets earlier this year. A good amount of cash too.” He said he would share “screenshots, receipts, texts, and the names of other people who paid her.”

Image: Section of the screenshot Jacob Engels posted on X on Nov. 7, 2026 (EST), shown unaltered except for cropping. It has not been authenticated.

The attached image shows an iPhone message thread with a contact labeled “Laura.” The legible messages, dated April 11, 2025, include an outgoing request reading “Got a project exposing a MAHA grifter - please call when you can,” a reply reading “Good morning! Will do. In Cali so I’m just getting up now,” and an outgoing Apple Cash card displaying $500, time-stamped 1:09 p.m. An earlier outgoing message, dated April 4, 2025, reads “Please RT!” The image does not show whether any payment was completed or accepted, and it does not identify the contact beyond the name “Laura.”

Two details are worth noting. The screenshot’s dates read 2025, while Engels’ post says “earlier this year.” And the Post’s records reportedly covered payments since May 2025, so if the April date is accurate, the item shown would fall outside that reported window.

In a later reply on X, Engels said he felt “ashamed” and wrote, “I didn’t like paying her and I had deep issues with it.” Kacee Allen says he received a message directly from Engels at 12:04 a.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. In that message, Engels told Allen: “I was one of the private clients.”

Earlier appearance on the show

Engels called into The Kacee Allen Show and made claims about Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. The audio clip, published Oct. 22, 2026, is titled “Anna Paulina Luna’s Corruption & Stripper Claims Exposed”. The clip is also available on YouTube.

Analysis

This section is the News Desk’s own analysis. Engels’ post adds another named person’s account to the dispute, alongside Alex Bruesewitz, who spoke to the Post on the record. The screenshot does not by itself show that a payment was made, what any money bought, or how it relates to the transfers the Post described. Loomer’s distinction between paid research and paid posting remains the central dispute, and the screenshot does not settle it.

What FARA requires

Unless an exemption applies, the Foreign Agents Registration Act generally requires a person to register with the Justice Department and disclose the work if they act as an agent of a foreign principal, meaning they work at that principal’s direction, request or control, and engage in covered activities in the United States, such as political activity or publicity, according to the department’s FARA guidance. Foreign principals include foreign governments and political parties, as well as people or companies based abroad. Some activities are exempt. The department says a willful criminal violation can bring up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both; lesser violations can be misdemeanors, and the department can also seek civil enforcement. Being paid by someone overseas does not by itself prove a violation; the question is whether a person acted as a foreign principal’s agent in a covered way. The reporting cited here does not establish that Loomer acted for a foreign principal or violated FARA. Allen’s call for disclosure of domestic sponsors is a policy proposal, not a claim that every domestic sponsorship falls under FARA.

Commentary: Kacee Allen

This section is commentary by Kacee Allen, written from his remarks to the News Desk. It is his opinion, not News Desk reporting.

I think Engels’ account is a strong possibility. But the problem is not that influencers get paid. The problem is being paid to push political messages without telling your audience who is paying you or why.

When a paid political post looks like someone’s own opinion, voters cannot weigh it for what it is. That is a real risk to our elections, to how people judge the information in front of them, and to whether anyone can trust that political speech online is authentic. Loomer has had access to President Trump and his administration; that proximity to political power makes financial transparency especially important.

If any influencer, Loomer included, secretly acts for a foreign principal and willfully fails to register when the law requires it, I believe that person should be prosecuted and, if convicted, sent to jail. The reporting cited here has not established that about Loomer. But disclosure should not stop at foreign money. I believe Americans and American companies paying to promote political agendas should be disclosed too. That is my view of what the rules should be, not a description of current law.

I am open about my own partnerships with SocialSight and Cocaine Coffee, and they are listed on this site’s partnerships page. I don’t feel the need to be deceptive about them, because I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe in, and I have nothing to hide.

X should go further than a paid-partnership label. A paid political post should carry a link showing who paid for it and how much. Let’s see how this plays out and whether more people come forward with information about paying Loomer privately.

One more thing stands out to me. In 2024, Loomer criticized Nikki Haley over Haley’s calls to strike Iranian targets and called Trump “the pro peace candidate,” according to a roundup of her posts. By June 2025, The Guardian reported, she was cheering Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Her support for Israel is not new; she called herself a Zionist during her 2020 run for Congress. And a change in position is not evidence that anyone paid her. Still, I think something changed on Iran, and the American people deserve to know what it was.

Editor’s note: The News Desk read Engels’ X post and its attached screenshot, several of his follow-up replies, and Loomer’s public X posts from Nov. 7 and 8, using X’s public data. The screenshot is described only as it appears; it has not been authenticated. Loomer’s comments to the Post, the reported $3,000-to-$5,000 price range and the $60,000 in payment records all come from Mediaite’s account of the Post’s reporting; the Post article itself is paywalled beyond its opening, and the News Desk did not see those records. Kacee Allen supplied the statement attributed to Engels; the News Desk did not see that exchange. The clip’s date and title were checked against its published listing; Allen confirmed Engels’ call-in appearance. The FARA summary is based on the Justice Department’s FARA FAQ. Background on Loomer’s past positions comes from a June 2025 roundup published on Yahoo News, The Guardian and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency; the News Desk did not independently retrieve the underlying 2024 post. The commentary section is Allen’s opinion, written from his remarks. The News Desk contacted no one.